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System expansion is not enough. Admission to higher-tariff institutions must somehow be opened up, says Paul Jump

Biggest payment in admission fraud linked to Yusi Zhao, also known as Molly

Shrinking enrolments at Southampton, Manchester and Sheffield suggest English elite are not immune to pressures of marketisation

Regulator suggests that most selective universities could admit students with grades BCC at A level without a marked fall in academic standards

At the University of Iceland, female students outnumber men by two to one. But among professors, the ratio is the reverse

The US admissions scandal notwithstanding, Australian university history reveals a variety of approaches to allocating university places, say Gwilym Croucher, James Waghorne and Hamza Bin Jehangir

Politicians seeking to quell discontent about inequality and pre-empt populists could turn on elite institutions, observers predict

Opponents should learn from Chinese candidates¡¯ successful and potentially formative forays into democratic politics, says Salvatore Babones

Student action shows US colleges far from accepting their slavery-related debts

The recent US scandal is a symptom of the crucial importance of prestige signalling in highly unequal systems, says Gavin Moodie

Data from WSJ/THE US College Rankings raise questions about whether land-grant institutions are living up to their original mission

A Labor victory in May¡¯s election could still see funding conditional on universities¡¯ employability, diversity or research records, says Andrew Norton

The advent of datasets linking graduates¡¯ income to their student records has fuelled calls for certain courses and universities to be excluded from public funding. But, ahead of England¡¯s Augar review of post-18 education, the minister who commissioned the longitudinal education outcomes project, David Willetts, warns against such abuses of the data

Settling 14-year case, Texas Tech bends to government complaint over its admissions process

A day after 13 parents admit guilt, larger group heads towards trial with higher stakes

Stanford expels implicated student, while new scandal highlights equities in sports

Commentators question value of exercise when Augar review has yet to report and Office for Students is already exploring issue

Fencing coach sold property for a price well above its market value to a businessman whose son later won admission

Alongside concern about unconditional offers, Damian Hinds wants focus on improving access

Research shows larger intakes and alternative routes to ÖйúAƬ improves happiness among disadvantaged young people

Tough stances on grade inflation, unconditional offers and senior pay will help maintain global excellence, says Michael Barber 

For most competitive class ever, Asian Americans claim more than a quarter of seats

Policymakers shy away from regulatory reform as court cases progress

If Americans lose faith in alternative routes to success, entry to top universities could become as cut-throat as it is in South Korea, says Stephanie K. Kim

Initial federal letter asks eight US universities for details on implicated staff and students

UK¡¯s first professor of social mobility says institutions must focus on outreach activities that are proven to work

Rapid change in the business school market is ¡®almost unmanageable¡¯, according to report from the Chartered Association of Business schools

Lessons from wealthy bribes may help counter legal and political threats to affirmative action

One in six campuses is shrinking as low birth rates bite, says study

Elite US universities¡¯ history of acknowledging hereditary advantage at least came with a sense of social obligation, says Amanda Louise Johnson

Anthony Abraham Jack¡¯s new book distinguishes two kinds of under-represented students and sets out what universities need to do if they truly want to recruit the most disadvantaged students. Matthew Reisz writes

Matthew Reisz considers the work of researchers who have shed light on the ¡®invisibility¡¯ of social class in US universities

Federal immigration agency told it is too trusting of universities

Public mesmerised by arrests for cheating to gain elite enrolment, but major reforms seen unlikely

Teenagers from deprived areas with slow broadband may be less likely to use internet for studies, and hence less likely to see academically orientated promotions

Ministers say most prestigious universities should ¡®go furthest¡¯ as they launch new guidelines

Cutting the number of people who benefit from a university education will do nothing to improve the lot of those who do not, says Graham Galbraith

¡®Anything goes¡¯ approach does not serve doctoral candidates, universities or funders, say researchers

While dozens are charged with fraud, ¡®pay to play¡¯ remains accepted practice at elite US institutions

Patchy information obscures outcomes for students taught by subcontractors

False claims of sporting and academic abilities used to enter colleges including Yale and Stanford, say investigators

Lucy Cavendish College to go co-educational and abolish its minimum entry age of 21

Proportion of places taken by disadvantaged students shrinks as level of qualification rises

Universities¡¯ vocal opposition to government plans for vastly increased international fees has yielded only minor concessions, says Juliette Torabian 

Student vloggers are the perfect 'weapon to target university applicants', increasingly regarded as more powerful than other marketing methods

John Ross examines the state of cross-study and collaboration between Australia and its neighbours in the East

The difficulties even of obtaining a scholarship to study in the West amount to systemic exclusion, says Rudrani Dasgupta

US universities must think harder about how to make the poorer students they admit feel like full community members, says Anthony Abraham Jack

Andres Manuel L¨®pez Obrador¡¯s controversial proposal could force lawmakers to reconsider the legal age of adulthood

Data analysis from THE suggests different drivers are coming together to alter universities¡¯ UK-international mix

Admissions officers wrote of favouring ¡®brown babies¡¯, campaign group reveals

English providers will have to enrol fewer privileged students if the sector is not allowed to expand, regulator says

White students from lower participation neighbourhoods account for fewer than one in 10 students at more than 70 per cent of English universities, report says

The credentialism that the late Ron Dore analysed in his seminal 1976 book has gone global, say Keith Lewin, Angela Little and Alison Wolf

Pupils in rural and coastal areas are losing out in the drive to widen participation, says charity

Durham, Imperial College and St Andrews all had a smaller share of first years from state schools in 2017-18 than Cambridge

Record rate applying among English 18-year-olds counters demographics but applications to lower-tariff institutions still struggling

Brian Schmidt says system of last-minute offers persists because it is ¡®easy¡¯ for universities

Ucas figures for UK and EU students suggest that some higher tariff universities have seen dents in intakes this year

Ucas data show that, at three institutions, three-quarters of all offers made to applicants were unconditional