Leading civil rights figure in US higher education questions assertions by Supreme Court justices that ending legacy advantages could be a reasonable response to their expected ban on affirmative...
Funding council reviewer signals intent to recommend ditching ERA, rewriting national interest test and circumscribing veto power
Tribal areas get their first public institution since 2018 incorporation, benefiting women unable to seek education further afield
Ministries and rectors in Austria and Slovakia are yet to reach agreements on the extra funding needed to cover surging costs
The mature student specialist’s renowned politics department could become part of the solution rather than the problem, says Matthew Flinders
Charity Commission issues formal warning over handling of finances linked to Martyn Percy affair
Survey finds a vast majority of students want clearer strategies for climate change
One of the biggest original Mooc providers is ‘entering a new chapter’, its chief executive has told staff, amid a gloomier financial climate
Our work-life balance survey finds the inevitable: that for many if not most in academia, workloads are unmanageable, and seem to be getting worse
At THE conference in Los Angeles, warning of long-term debt to workers includes suggested remedies such as temporary release from course loads and pause in tenure clock
Student member of statewide board declines to join rest of board in ratifying Republican senator, as faculty and students in Gainesville look to punish colleagues who backed him
Do ever-growing to-do lists cancel out working-from-home benefits?
Evaluation report finds some institutions ‘slow to prioritise this issue’, leading to need for more regulation to ensure ‘consistent approach’ across sector
‘Political signal’ could prompt closer work on research, staff and student mobility, ambassador tells THE
The Harvard researcher discusses his humble upbringing and how the plight of Dalits is now being taken more seriously, in academia and beyond