Third of top US professors got PhD at five universities
Figures have ‘alarming’ implications for equality in US academia, says researcher who analysed professoriate’s background
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Liberal arts admissions are less about privilege than motivation
Diversity in the classroom is what a liberal arts education needs most, and the admissions process reflects this priority, says Laura Severin
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THE podcast: universities and cities
Universities have historically been rooted in a place, but how does that symbiotic relationship with the local community manifest for modern institutions?
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Ex-universities minister Jo Johnson resigns over Brexit ‘crisis’
Ardent pro-European calls for government to ‘go back to the people’
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Russian excellence targets ‘not realistic’, says 5-100 head
Andrei Volkov says rankings are only part of the initiative, alongside improved culture and diversity
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Drive to adopt English in academia ‘short-sighted’
Emergence of lingua franca in science should not lead to other languages being neglected in teaching, conference hears
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US university merger with pre-college partner offers new model
Rapid expansion of Southern New Hampshire University sparks interest but also concern
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‘Arbitrary’ visa decisions ‘mortifying’ for UK universities
Academic says unpredictable visa refusals ‘damage’ students and the country’s higher education reputation
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How I got into – and out of – academia
It’s never too late to change course, says Daniel Sokol
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Are academic or professional editors the best for journals?
Which is the better option when it comes to running academic journals – the professional editor or the academic one? Rachael Pells analyses the pros and cons of each
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The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis, by Alan Jacobs
Amid war, intellectual believers worked to imagine a future peacetime society, learns Leo Mellor
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See It Feelingly: Classic Novels, Autistic Readers, and the Schooling of a No-Good English Professor, by Ralph James Savarese
Duncan Wu admires an effort to dismantle assumptions that those on the spectrum are unable to understand literature
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Books interview: Shane Hamilton
The lecturer in international business and strategy and author of Supermarket USA on big books, the ‘Cold War Farms Race’ and jazzed-up propaganda battles
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Libertarianism, by Eric Mack
Terence Kealey welcomes a superb introduction to a laissez-faire philosophy