Concerned over fake universities duping students in the country, a Parliamentary panel has sought "exemplary" action against such bodies and those who violate UGC guidelines. More...

By Dana Al Emam. The lack of government financial support to public universities is to blame for the high costs of higher education in Jordan, according to experts. More...

By Carl O'Brien. The university had just recorded its highest-ever level of demand. But there was also the looming dilemma of how to cope with ever-increasing student numbers. More...

By Mohammed Rasooldeen. In an effort to further simplify procedures and bring about 100 percent literacy, universities and centers of higher education in the GCC countries have decided to have a uniform admission process. 
A decision in this regard was taken during an extraordinary meeting of the committee on deans of admission and registration at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh on Thursday. More...

By Sipho Masombuka. Higher education institutions remain stubbornly resistant to gender transformation, with their top management male dominated and women perceived as "unproductive" or "not worthy" of senior positions.
This is according to research by the Higher Education Transformation Network, which intended to question staff at North West University, Pretoria University and Tshwane University of Technology, but only TUT participated.
The Commission for Gender Equality surveyed staff at all tertiary education institutions. More...

By Laila Azzeh. Holding a PhD does not necessarily guarantee people with disabilities to be hired in doctoral-level jobs. More...

Brilliant young engineer Hu Tianlian once faced a dilemma. Hu was a lecturer at China's Southwest University of Science and Technology, where he also pursued the design of robots for remote operation in dangerous industrial environments. In 2012, he founded Fude Robot Co. But there wasn't enough time in the day for both pursuits. More...

The head of one of China's top colleges suggested at the recent annual meeting of the legislature that a system assigning a rank to university employees as if they were government officials should be dropped in a bid to clear up bureaucracy. More...

By Jon Marcus. For years, popular rankings of universities and colleges have been blamed for pushing universities and colleges to shift financial aid away from needy students to wealthier graduates of top private and suburban high schools who can help them raise their standings. More...

By Susan Stewart. One of Nicola Sturgeon’s earliest actions as First Minister was to set up a group of experts to look at how to make higher education in Scotland fairer and more accessible. The Commission on Widening Access, chaired by Dame Ruth Silver, was tasked with making recommendations on action the Government could take to ensure young people from disadvantaged areas will have an equal chance of going to university as their peers from better-off backgrounds. More...