Pioneer state struggles to keep access door ajar
California's 30-year-old policy of offering a college education to any state resident who could benefit appears on the verge of falling apart. There is mounting concern among experts that a tidal...
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Unbecoming foreign trip up
India's University Grants Committee is planning to set up entry rules for foreign universities planning to provide higher education to the immense and potentially lucrative Indian market (page seven...
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Degrees in a class of their own
Mass higher education calls for a rethink of the honours classifications, argues Peter Wright A decade or so ago critics of British education sometimes described the system as a "pyramid of failure...
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Medics lose option of extra year
Medical schools have failed to find alternative funding for undergraduates who want to study for an extra year. The option, open only to the brightest students during their degrees, has been dashed...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a German politician, novelist and playwright: "So the lovers are side by side, at rest. Peace hovers over their dwelling-place, cheerful images of angels, their kith...
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A friendly guide through Europe
The Penguin Companion to European Union
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A read star over China
Season of High Adventure
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A renaissance of repugnance
King Death - Master of Death - Medieval Death
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Battles between God and the devil
American Exceptionalism
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City sights in traditional Islamic garb
Islamic Urban Studies, Historical Review and Perspectives - Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
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Dead gran finds shelf-fulfilment
Dancing on the Grave
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Economical with the 'truths'
Development, Geography, and Economic Theory
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How green is your dollar?
Financing Change
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The bureaucrats we always have with us
Non-Governmental Organisations and Rural Poverty Alleviation
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The long march to capitalism
Growing out of the Plan