India’s new university entrance exam will not fix capacity or fairness What the country really needs is a common school and evaluation system that compensates for background inequalities, says Gowhar Rashid Ganie Gowhar Rashid Ganie 11月 21日
Indian students continue hunger strike in face of expulsions Ongoing faceoff with administrators, which began with demand to raise stipends, leaves two students in hospital Pola Lem 11月 18日
Taliban’s call for academics to return met with scepticism Scholars express ‘deep concern’ over recent decrees banning women from public places and reinstating sharia Pola Lem 11月 17日
Give policymakers information they can’t ignore, academics told Difficult decisions require uncomfortable truths, epidemiologist tells Pacific Rim universities John Ross 11月 16日
Asian universities climb World Reputation Rankings 2022 随着亚洲全球学术地位的持续提升,中国和日本高校处于前列 Ellie Philpotts 11月 16日
Forget values statements. Universities need to support academic freedom In Hong Kong, as elsewhere, managers should support faculty and students to engage in inquiry whatever their personal values, says Carsten Holz Carsten Holz 11月 16日
Indian court ruling ‘saves university places’ for upper castes All but tiny minority of population qualify for enrolment under ‘economically weaker’ label Pola Lem 11月 15日
Pakistan establishing university in former Taliban stronghold Tribal areas get their first public institution since 2018 incorporation, benefiting women unable to seek education further afield Pola Lem 11月 11日
Suraj Yengde: I want to ease the tension attached to caste The Harvard researcher discusses his humble upbringing and how the plight of Dalits is now being taken more seriously, in academia and beyond Pola Lem 11月 10日
V-c’s funding plea ‘shows funding struggle’ at Indian universities While India’s prestigious IITs flex fundraising muscle, others in sector are ‘left in the lurch’ Pola Lem 11月 6日
What does Xi Jinping’s third term mean for Chinese science? Concerns over more rigid control of universities and fear of isolationist thinking causing ‘intellectual impoverishment’ for East and West Pola Lem 11月 4日
Test makers hope to open UK to ‘99 per cent’ of Chinese students Nearly two dozen British institutions now accept a test that allows Chinese high schoolers taking domestic curriculum to apply to universities abroad Pola Lem 11月 2日