The University Experiment
Universities have been centres of education and discovery for centuries. But today they are also supposed to be engines of economic growth, beacons of equal opportunity, laboratories for new modes of learning and more. Change is being thrust upon them at an unprecedented rate. Nature looks at some of the myriad ways that universities around the world are responding, as they try to shake off old habits of thought and explore new ways of doing things.
Nature Special: Learning in a digital age
Nature probes the revolution underway in education and what it means for learning and research.
Nature (18 July 2013)
Diversity: A Nature & Scientific American special issue
This joint package explores connections between diversity and the rigour of research — including how marginalization affects study design — and discusses persistent, misguided assumptions.
Nature & Scientific American (16 September 2014)
Nature Special: Women in science
This special issue of Nature takes a hard look at the gender gap — from bench to boardroom — and at what is being done to close it.
Nature (07 March 2013)
