Just call him ‘Dr Prince’. The late superstar never went to college but the University of Minnesota is going to posthumously give him an honorary doctorate of letters later this year, writes Maria Puente for USA Today. Read more...

By William G Tierney. The Indian government recently announced the desire to have 20 universities that are ranked among the world’s great universities. Although that goal is praiseworthy, the ability to make the dream a reality seems far-fetched based on my experiences over the past year doing research on higher education in India. Read more...

By Anand Kulkarni and Angel Calderon. Around the world there is growing engagement with international university rankings, from students, parents, academics and institutional planners. It is unsurprising that India, which fares relatively poorly in the internationally recognised rankings, should be jumping on this bandwagon. Read more...

By Gerard Postiglione and Xiaoyu Chen. As China finds itself inching closer to becoming the world’s innovative largest economy, it looks to its universities to sustain the pace of economic growth. More than a few scholars question whether this is possible with the limited autonomy accorded by the state to China’s universities. Read more...

By Chris Bickerton and Lee Jones. So far, the debate on ‘Brexit’ has been utterly laughable, reflecting both the narrowness and short-sightedness of contemporary politics, and the fact that the debate is being ‘led’ on both sides by conservatives. Read more...

By Daniel Hook. On 23 June the United Kingdom will go to the polls to participate in the most important referendum in decades: to remain as an integrated partner in the European Union or to loosen ties to Europe and to go it alone. Read more...

By Elspeth Jones and Hans de Wit. In the current debate over whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union or leave, issues concerning international students have not featured large. These temporary residents have not been seen as problematic by sections of the public keen to see a reduction in net migration and are not perceived in the same way as other ‘immigrants’. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. A conference on health innovation in Norway and a new advanced master of science programme in business administration and healthcare innovation developed by Copenhagen Business School and the faculty of health at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark are two signs of growing interest in research into health innovation and advanced degree courses composed of health sciences and business studies in Nordic countries. Read more...

By Linda Yeung. Increased government investments in higher education, coupled with a growing push among institutions in the region to achieve international recognition, have seen growing Asian representation in international higher education league tables. But there are still barriers to achieving excellence on a global scale. Read more...

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The cost of tuition at Russian universities may double this year, due to the devaluation of the national currency, the ruble, and the consequences of the financial crisis in the country, according to latest predictions of analysts of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science. Read more...