Conservative professor retires from Harvard, views untempered
After decades of questioning grade inflation and race-based policies, one of Harvard’s biggest critics of affirmative action departs in wake of Supreme Court decision
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Dissatisfaction with exams and feedback ‘held back elites in NSS’
Highly regarded institutions lag behind others on overall student positivity due to low scores in section that looked at views on assessment
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Philippines’ higher education ‘more unequal despite reforms’
‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher
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UK gains ground on US in educating world leaders
Changes in heads of state mean fewer US alumni at global top table, but its figures are bolstered by Stanford graduate Rishi Sunak
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I’m being docked pay for boycotting marking – but I teach for free!
I’m externally funded to do research but I help colleagues by teaching on top. How can it be right to punish me for partial performance, asks Philip Moriarty
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Talking leadership: Bashir Makhoul on making the business case for the arts
The UK’s first Palestinian vice-chancellor discusses proving the value of creative degrees in a hostile climate, how to internationalise rural towns and what growing up with nine siblings can teach...
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UC plan to hire undocumented students ‘cautiously progressing’
Leading US public system eyes legal loophole to help children of illegal arrivals but offers no guarantees scheme will come to fruition
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Iranian academic year could start online amid protests crackdown
Possibility of tensions flaring again on first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death sparks attempts to keep students away from campuses
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The delay to Horizon association is only adding to Scotland’s Brexit pain
Every day that the prime minister delays further diminishes the UK’s reputation in Europe, says Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf
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Modest profits from Australia’s international education boom
Rampant discounting blunts income being made from steep increase in overseas students, as regulator plans action on recruitment
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A driving test analogy may help avoid a car crash on AI-assisted assessment
If AI can perform or simulate a competency being assessed, is it really appropriate for students to use it, asks Andrew West
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Chinese university research audit finds little real-world impact
Analysis of 862 scientific projects – paid for with 131 million yuan of public funding – identifies no knowledge-transfer outcomes
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‘Oppenheimer’ is a warning against the pursuit of STEM for its own sake
The curricula of the most advanced science and technology subjects contain little space for moral and social insight, says Andy Miah
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A merged Adelaide university would be out of step with accord reforms
Reducing the number of universities in South Australia would fly in the face of the Universities Accord’s call for more differentiation, says Warren Bebbington