What are you reading? – 29 November 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence, by Kristen R. Ghodsee
Book of the week: state socialist countries offered securities that gave women sexual freedom, finds Lynne Segal
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IQ: are genetic tests for intelligence scientific?
IQ tests are conceptually muddled measures of learned knowledge, self-confidence and social background, says Kenneth Richardson
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Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better, by Rob Reich
Hefty donations from the mega-rich can worsen and legitimise inequality, finds Linsey McGoey
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A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism, by Jeffrey Sachs
Kori Schake is disappointed by a study that covers old ground and fails to deliver fresh ideas on governance
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Books editor’s blog: sexual histories: lashes, libraries and…grandma
Matthew Reisz on how it is that his grandmother makes an appearance in Barry Reay’s new history, Sex in the Archives
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The big idea: one change that could transform universities
What single change to university practice would have the most positive and far-reaching consequences? Eight academics and thinkers give us their views
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Can universities do more to tackle inequality in admissions?
If institutions are serious about widening participation, they must somehow strike a balance between social engineering and social mobility
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Letters – 29 November 2018
Protect students by cutting UK ties with UAE Student exchanges can be valuable. But in the case of Matthew Hedges, the Durham University PhD student who was jailed for spying in the United Arab...
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Historically black colleges ahead on US graduate career readiness
Annual NSSE survey of 400,000 US students finds gap between high confidence in job preparation and weaker assessment of skills
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Interview with Doreen Foster
The Warwick Arts Centre director talks about how a school led by Britain’s first black headteacher and her new home in a diverse Coventry suburb have both inspired her
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Olin Robison, 1936-2018
Tributes paid to pastor, foreign policy expert and college president
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Fee hike central to France’s international recruitment drive
Chinese learners think fees of a couple of hundred euros are ‘too good to be true’ and a sign of poor quality, experts say
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Email raises questions over autonomy of foreign students review
Senior civil servant said Migration Advisory Committee report ‘looks good’ weeks prior to publication of document that backed Theresa May’s stance