Artificial intelligence is disrupting the relationships that produce knowledge and transforming it into “content.” ...

Dwaipayan Banerjee's recent book explores how the forces of global politics and capitalism shaped India’s technological revolution.

American astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s research laid the foundation for our understanding of the structure and size of the universe.

Now is the time to pilot a knowledge commons that allows communities to share data and policy advocacy information.

By using a few public policy levers, the federal government can help increase public data use in targeted ways.

Community colleges are working to democratize AI education and meet the need for AI-fluent workers in the labor force.

Far from being passive recipients of federal research dollars, universities pour in substantial resources of their own. It’s time to do a better job of documenting those investments. The US research ...

As grantmakers and universities strive for more engaged and societally responsive research, the proposal process could be a place for innovation—and an avenue for institutional change. Who doesn’t ...

In “What Do We Want From AI?” (Issues, Spring 2026), John P. Nelson takes stock of the many ways that artificial intelligence is affecting our lives and societies, and puts forwards the lens of ...

In “It’s Time for Universities to Redesign Their 75-Year-Old Contract” (Issues, Summer 2025), Michael M. Crow, William B. Dabars, and David V. Rosowsky describe what they see as the failure of US ...

Hyped by many as the key to improving the quality of education, testing can do more harm than good if the limitations of tests are not understood. With the nation about to embark on an ambitious ...