Iran’s coming in from the cold but Bahá’ís are still frozen out
Discrimination and university expulsions continue to blight the lives of this religious minority, writes Shabnam Moinipour
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Africa university alliance ‘will boost higher education’
Director of education and society at the British Council says Western universities must prove they do not have ‘imperialist’ designs on the continent
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Can academics change their students’ personalities?
‘Character education’, a concept that has taken off among schoolteachers, could be coming to higher education
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Barack Obama free community college plan backed by $100m funding
‘America’s Promise Grants’ find way around Republican block in Congress
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Working together for the public good
Mark Shucksmith considers whether better knowledge exchange between academics and the third sector could serve as a mechanism for social change
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How to make a success of crowdfunding your next book
Planning, personal connections and relentless self-promotion could just unlock the largesse of the masses, says Glen Wright
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Chinese private school company buys US university campus
Weiming Education Group, the largest provider of private schools in China, is branching out into the US
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Fundraising regulator ‘could impact university-alumni relations’
Ross-CASE report finds that four-fifths of philanthropic donors to universities are alumni
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Highly novel research proposals ‘being systematically rejected’
Those judging creative scientific ideas fail to fully understand them, potentially hampering breakthroughs, research indicates
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Is China’s ‘Neo-Maoist’ higher education gaining ground?
Both the government and resurgent left-wing groups are promoting ‘red education’ in the country’s universities
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Universities and charities ‘need to work closer together’
The academy needs to look beyond knowledge transfer to co-production when it comes to working with the third sector, a report says
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Tennessee passes bill to stop funding university diversity office
University of Tennessee at Knoxville office has been focus of criticism from politicians in US state, reports Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
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Isn’t asking for alumni donations, well, just weird?
Richard Budd mulls the logic of giving money to your alma mater