Cornell University president Martha Pollack to step down
Third Ivy League leader to depart amid Israel protests concedes pressures, as numerous US counterparts face no-confidence votes

Third Ivy League leader to depart amid Israel protests concedes pressures, as numerous US counterparts face no-confidence votes

Admissions service announces series of initiatives to encourage students from low-income families to apply for higher education

University insists senate decision to refrain from institutional stance safeguards academic freedom

Universities’ financial get-out-of-jail card no longer works, as governments in Canberra and elsewhere turn their backs on foreign students

‘Gothenburg Manifesto’ calls for decentralisation of power and return to ‘core’ of academia

Intimidation of longstanding civic institutions belies a traditional conservative emphasis on small government and free speech, says Andrew Seligsohn

Institutions must accept rules have changed in order to survive ‘disruptive innovation’ brought about by new technologies, says online learning expert

Guiding light: Is academic mentoring working for everyone?

International student fees are propping up UK universities, but with immigration a key electoral battleground politicians seem not to care

Long-serving leader sentenced after quashing investigation of former USP administrators

New requirement ‘just the latest lever to reduce net migration’

Prime minister summons sector leaders to Downing Street as campus protests spread, demanding disciplinary action against students found to be inciting hatred

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Even a favourable MAC report may not relieve political pressure on government to act further on international student numbers, risking ‘enormous damage right across the sector’

Public supports getting firms that hire graduates to foot higher education funding bill, says union research