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Study shows that Hollywood¡¯s version of events lingers longer in the mind than historians¡¯ painstaking work. Jon Marcus reports

A course on ¡®the most powerful determinant of human destiny¡¯ strikes a nerve with the American media. Jon Marcus reports

A new course will teach media students how to break news via social networking sites, reports Jon Marcus in Chicago

Billions tabled for America's creaking community colleges. Jon Marcus reports from Miami

US faculty veterans are willing to go to court to claim the 'emeritus' honorific. Jon Marcus reports

Expensive textbooks put the brakes on higher education for many students in developing nations. But a project aiming to make such books available for free via the internet could change all that, writes Jon Marcus

Universities told to uphold rights on their campuses in Middle East and East Asia. Jon Marcus writes

Graduate student Jorge Cham decided to look on the bright side of his experiences and created a comic that is entertaining millions, writes Jon Marcus

US students are being advised to stop cramming through the night and get more sleep to raise their academic performance. Jon Marcus reports

As the President is sworn in, academics listen closely for hints as to how he may help them. Jon Marcus reports

In the UK, the gulf between the political and the academic worlds seems all-but unbreachable while Americans flit easily between lecture halls and halls of power. Here Matthew Reisz examines why Whitehall seems so inhospitable to scholars, while overleaf Jon Marcus looks at why Washington is so accommodating