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Students born to the wealthiest families have a nearly 100 percent likelihood of going to college. Those born to the poorest families have about a 30 percent chance.

But experts say the IITs will have to change their difficult admissions tests.

U.S. research universities have seen a drop in citation impact and academic reputation as institutions in East Asia and the Middle East have been gaining ground, Phil Baty writes.

Experts predict that the new government will embolden fascist and sexist university lecturers—but also that it will respect academic freedom.

Bolsonaro is likely to be defeated in his re-election bid as president, but his influence will be slow to fade.

Move is significant because China, Japan, South Korea and India are among the top 10 research producers.

Their lives upended, two scholars targeted by the DOJ’s controversial anti-espionage program fight back in their own ways.

University governing boards should answer their students’ call and divest from Chinese companies complicit in genocide against Uyghurs, Keith Krach writes.