Today, American institutions dominate nearly every major ranking of global universities. Yet in historical terms, the U.S.'s preeminence is relatively new, and there is no reason to assume that U.S.

But as we write in our book, “The Bright Ages,” faculty and students uniting against outside political interference is baked into the core of the modern university - in fact, it’s quite literally why ...

A lot has changed for professor Mahmood Mamdani since he went on medical leave from Columbia in September 2025. The University where he has taught for over 26 years began implementing new policies to ...

Presenting a modern university for a modern world. The world demands more from the next generation of students, scholars, and thought leaders. As emerging technologies, complex global challenges, and ...