Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream, by Suzanne Mettler
David Bell on how US political gridlock is ruining the chance for social and economic equality
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After They Closed the Gates: Jewish Illegal Immigration to the United States, 1921-1965, by Libby Garland
Hasia Diner on the evolution of US immigration policy, its complex aims and intended and unintended consequences for a small group of Jews
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Religio Duplex: How the Enlightenment Reinvented Egyptian Religion, by Jan Assmann, translated by Robert Savage
James Stevens Curl on the Egyptians’ concept of dual religion - an official, outer face and an inner, secretive aspect
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The week in higher education - 22 May 2014
Victoria Bateman, economics fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, attracted headlines in the Daily Mail, The Times and The Guardian after she commissioned an artist to paint her naked as a...
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Quicker NHS trials bid may miss its mark
Some fear plan to streamline approvals from trusts will not end local roadblocks
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ߣߣÊÓƵ’s move to scrap fee caps could see England following suit
UK government urged to assess financial fallout before embracing similar system
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Closure of Institute of English Studies would be a ‘disaster’
University of London proposal will have negative impact on the discipline and postgraduates, academics warn
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Who says innovators have to be young?
Academics hit their creative peak in their fifties. Amanda Goodall and John Montgomery say universities must adapt
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Employers could turn to bespoke Moocs, Willetts says
Courses with ‘de facto’ accreditation might address frustration at lack of graduates’ skills, minister says
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Arts for art’s sake – but what about a career?
Emily Howard had an English degree and great expectations. Now jobless, she wonders if prospective students are given the whole truth
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One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery, by Karyn L. Freedman
Lynne Segal on an analytic philosopher’s first-hand account of sexual violence and its aftermath
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Hepi student survey highlights unhappiness over value for money
Poll reveals a cut in fees and more hours of teaching top student wishlist
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Bart Moore-Gilbert: the truth about my father
A postcolonial scholar began a troubling quest after learning about his father’s role in counterinsurgency in India
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Ukip could 'challenge higher education expansion'
Bright Blue modernisers warn Conservatives to differentiate their university agenda to avoid possible inroads by the UK Independence Party
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Is it the end for USS final salary pensions?
Proposal to shift all active members to career average system to tackle £13 billion deficit