By Rachael Pells for Times Higher Education. A sure sign of a higher education sector that is still in its developmental stage is a brain drain of young researchers to Western universities. More...

By Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. One in three students globally is enrolled in private higher education institutions, according to research that reveals the huge growth and wide reach of private providers. More...

By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education. Leaked email provides insights into the thinking of a now former university spokesman about how critics of administrators could create "a blithering jelly of fear" at University College London. More...

By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. One of the key recommendations of a report drawn up by rectors, government officials, academics and business representatives is that the number of study places available in each discipline should be linked to labor market need, which critics say is the latest sign of utilitarian drift in Danish higher education. More...

Online education is an engine of racial inequality, argue Christopher Newfield and Cameron Sublett, and no good higher ed policy can be created ignoring that fact. More...

When historians seek to understand historical matters, asks Gerald R. Beasley, where will they turn for information about the deleted accounts of fake news that may have influenced those events. More...

Most colleges and universities rarely kill academic programs for underperforming. They (and their students) would be better off if they regularly culled programs that aren’t giving graduates the skills they need, Ryan Craig writes. More...

Scott McLemee reviews new and forthcoming titles from university presses that take up these interconnected subjects. More...

Eloy Ortiz Oakley says California’s online community college will be a better public alternative to for-profit colleges for the “stranded workers” traditional college systems struggle to serve. More...

University athletic programs should not put their school mascots to work off the field and the court selling commercial products, argues Bill Mahon. More...