If he had chosen to pursue the biggest factor in Harvard’s admissions discrimination – preferences for the white and wealthy – Michael Wang would have faced obstacles from alumni and the law alike
We can’t deliver equivalent teaching with less preparation time and resources, RMIT academics say
Sponsors that do not meet rules should have ethical approval for future experiments withheld, says Science and Technology Committee
Research-funding decision processes and rejections should be open and transparent, but this time they weren’t, say Libby Lester and Brett Hutchins
University of Guerrero rector seeks support from military police after six violent attempts to abduct women are reported on campus
EU-backed project using facial-, voice- and keystroke-identification technology enters final stages
Scholar says Western students may be more reluctant to study in Taiwan, but others question China’s influence on overseas student flows
Higher education can play a lead role in mending past injustices in innovative and sustainable ways, says Joanna Newman
Authoritarian populist governments prevent bloc from taking action to protect academic freedom, say scholars
Applications and offers tumble for the first time this decade
After stockpiling land for decades, leading US university plans $1 billion (£774 million) science complex
Universities have told the BBC that all is well as far as free speech is concerned. Then again, they would say that, wouldn’t they? argue Dennis Hayes and Bryn Harris
NUS vice-provost on crusade against built-in obsolescence
An artificial winning mindset has permeated UK higher education, says Peter Larcombe