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The “massification” of higher education hasn’t decreased the importance of family background, analysis finds.

Universities appear to be gaining some autonomy.

A crackdown on Turkey’s higher education sector after a failed coup has far-reaching effects for fraying academic collaboration and exchange.

Author asks why some countries are better than others at science and technology.

U of Cape Town rescinds speaking invitation to Danish publisher of cartoons of Muhammad, citing security concerns and risk of polarization. Polarization ensues.

There is a great difference between accepting undocumented students and making college truly accessible for them, argues Lily McKeage.

British academics shift the way they share scholarship, and some see trend as consequence of the way the government judges research.

Turkey's Higher Education Council demands the resignation of more than 1,500 deans following Friday's failed coup attempt.