From Where I Sit

Teachers can reveal the history of domestic terrorism and address its impact, says Lee Maril

Brian Bloch ponders the convoluted tangle that permeates scholarly German writing

Focus on league tables could shift Middle Eastern universities from honourable priorities, argues Cesar Wazen

Wales does quite well from its small research base, but it can do better, says Peter Halligan

Philip Altbach on three problems hindering the kingdom’s institutions in their pursuit of world-class status

Robert Appelbaum reveals the highlight of his three-month sojourn in South Africa

Ferdinand von Prondzynski stresses the importance of improving university-industry links, whatever the result

Alan Ruby asks academics at Florida State College at Jacksonville what they have to offer that an online course does not

Campus lifestyles and easy access to guns can create the perfect storm, say Deborah D. Rogers and Howard P. Segal

The performance of the domestic press has fallen short of expectations, says Hong Bing

Ferdinand von Prondzynski ponders possible outcomes should Scotland opt for independence

Libya’s education system requires reform, but effective change can come incrementally, says Darren L. Linvill

South Africa’s energy is built on frustration, anger, fear and cheerful fatalism, finds Robert Appelbaum

Ice cores from 11,700 years ago aid the climate change debate, but the recent past has its own share of lessons, says Howard P. Segal

More freedom to select students has not been an unalloyed good in China, says Hong Bing

Claire Chambers relishes the exciting flavour of Pakistan at the Karachi Literature Festival

Condemning those who back Israeli boycott fails to acknowledge curbs on Palestinian academy, says Eric Cheyfitz

How can the US legal system confuse the singing of hymns by an elderly nun with the acts of a terrorist?

Should developing countries receive ‘transfer fees’ when Western universities sign their academics? asks Malegapuru Makgoba

Can social scientists and humanities scholars rise to the challenge of reshaping Europe while remaining true to their principles?

I have had a good run with Henry V, but I think it is over now

Robert Appelbaum on the war of words that preceded the withdrawal of plans to privatise universities

More and more prestigious US liberal arts colleges are making it voluntary for applicants to submit standardised test scores and say they will not favour the high achievers who do submit. These institutions hardly lack for excellent applicants. What’s up?

I am about to begin my 20th year of teaching in the UK: 12 years at Lancaster University and now in my eighth year at the University of Aberdeen

League tables should recognise the work of community-focused institutions in the developing world, argues Mukti Mishra

A new play animates the debate over academics’ moral quandaries

The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) produces the majority of Russian research - but are its members, set to vote for a new president, “serfs”?

All across the US, colleges and universities are sending out their letters of acceptance and rejection. There will be tears