Is grade inflation weakening the value of higher education?
Brian Poole asks if grade and credential inflation has resulted in too many degree holders chasing too few jobs
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Rare US college serving black women in fight for survival
Bennett College seen as exemplifying challenges faced by small, private, minority-serving and women-only institutions
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‘No evidence’ that luxury laboratories lead to better science
New book explores proliferation of ‘starchitect’-designed facilitiesÂ
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Elite colleges should use a lottery to admit students
Choosing applicants to top institutions like Harvard by lottery is a fairer and more economical process, argues Natasha WarikooÂ
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THE podcast: interview with Qatar University president Hassan Al-Derham
Ahead of THE’s Emerging Economies Summit 2019, Sara Custer speaks with the host university's presidentÂ
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Online university courses for the masses fail to materialise
In five years, Moocs go from dream of universal education to limited service for higher-end customers
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Writtle fined £250K over shortfall on promised outreach spending
Essex institution becomes second institution to be hit by Office for Students access penalty
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Piecemeal Australian reforms ‘could cost more than they save’
Lowering of student loan repayment threshold to recoup an extra A$20 million (£11.3 million) but cost A$19 million
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Brexit, xenophobia and foreign students: combating ‘public paranoia’ over immigration
People are about 15 per cent more likely to favour capping the number of international students when primed to think about them “crowding out†domestic students
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Australia: graduate employment and employer satisfaction rise
But graduates from more affluent backgrounds fare better, survey finds
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Alumni oppose Australian university’s name-change proposal
Petition opposing Charles Sturt University’s plan attracts more than 5,000 signatures
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Letters – 10 January 2019
Civic role vital to winning long-term security In his leading article “A defining moment†(3 January), John Gill starts with a question: what are universities for? He then suggests with some...
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Welcome advances for universities
Universities may feel held to unachievable standards, but removing barriers for all manner of talented people will make institutions better and stronger
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PhDs without tears: how academics can help ease students’ minds
With many doctoral candidates unhappy and reporting mental health problems, Emma Pierson suggests ways supervisors could reduce pressures
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Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are, by Robert Plomin
Danny Dorling learns about the extent to which our DNA dictates how we lead our lives