Baltimore universities struggle to help as Trump attacks city
Decades of racial division hindering academia’s ability to alleviate poverty
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England’s £4 million learning gain investment ‘could go to waste’
Call for other sector agencies to take on research from regulator
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Democrats’ free college pledges aren’t really free
Tuition comprises less than half the cost of attending US universities, but taxpayers may be unwilling to cover it, says Anthony P. Carnevale
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More to Indonesia opportunities than campuses, universities told
Rapidly growing country could be springboard to wider Asean engagement, say experts
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Without global education, we are ‘America last’
A global education is critical to responding to global challenges. Much of the world understands this, and the US needs to catch up, says Margee Ensign
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Italian rector fights fear of experts with academic engagement
LUISS Guido Carli University uses alumni ties to influence political debate
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Student consumerism is greatly exaggerated
Students want above all to develop ties with the people and places they interact with, say Liam Keenan and Maddy Thompson
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Achieving diversity in leadership must start with students
Building a diverse staff and student body requires a nuanced approach, says Sarah Springman, who identifies three areas where institutions can push for more inclusion, especially around gender
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UK universities enrol more European students offshore pre-Brexit
Rise in Continental recruitment offsets overall flattening in transnational education numbers
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Guardianship-surrendering parents divide US university leaders
Manoeuvre seen as ethically flawed but also as a sign of the country’s growing student debt crisis
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Five big priorities for Jo Johnson on his return
Jo Johnson is back in his old brief as England’s universities and science minister, reappointed by the prime minister, his brother Boris. John Morgan looks at his most pressing challenges – some his...
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What are you reading? – 1 August 2019
Our fortnightly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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BoJo silver lining
Brexit will be a disaster for HE, but do the new prime minister’s past utterances offer clues on what else universities might expect?
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Science Policy under Thatcher, by Jon Agar
Richard Joyner remembers a difficult era for British science
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Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes: 50 Years of Earth-Shaking Events, by Lynn R. Sykes
Luca Dal Zilio welcomes a compelling insider’s account of our increasing understanding of the science of earthquakes