Despite greater focus on students’ learning outcomes, in Europe institutions are still largely assessed on the basis of ‘input’ measures, such as staff-to-student ratios, rather than trickier ‘output...
Selective institutions’ claims that they try to help low-income students are ‘hype’, says author of new book on higher education inequalities
US-China research collaborations will continue despite politics, Harvard economist says
Tributes paid to a ‘steely’ dean of undergraduates who helped forge a new generation of leaders
US universities warn against punishment that goes beyond individual visas
Juggling full-time work and a degree is a tough challenge but Jamaican student Shanari Fearon shares how she makes it work
Universities are starting to reveal how they intend to move forward in a world still reeling from the pandemic. Much rides on getting the response right
Schools of government have traditionally employed a technocratic approach to preparing public officials. But with polarisation straining political systems to breaking point, Paul Basken reports on...
To reflect the region’s unique characteristics, we make adjustments to the rigorous and robust criteria that underpin THE’s World University Rankings to arrive at this year’s Asia University Rankings
Peter J. Smith applauds a fascinating, if stomach-churning, study of ‘the pongs of the past’
The secretary of higher education for the state of New Jersey talks about her path to a career in policy, family history and handling racist attitudes at college
Ocean science’s ‘brute force’ approach is impossible in space. But extraterrestrial necessity may also be the mother of fruitful invention when it comes to probing the alien worlds beneath the...
German universities report no redundancies, while Dutch staff enjoy a pay rise. Some think the pandemic has vindicated Europe’s low-fee model
Questions raised about the responses of universities in marketised systems as they focus savings efforts on non-permanent staff
A world coloured by Trump: How should schools of government operate in a polarised age?