Row over 40% gender quota for reading lists at Lund
By Jan Petter Myklebust. Erik Ringmar, a senior lecturer in political science at Lund University in Sweden, ignited a heated debate on 28 October when he wrote in a blog that it had been impossible to find enough women authors for a course in fascism and totalitarianism to achieve a decade-old policy at Lund that women authors should account for 40% of recommended literature. More...Bientôt un quota de boursiers à l’université
Les députés ont voté l’instauration d’un quota d’étudiants boursiers dans les filières sélectives et en tension.
« L’autorité académique fixe un pourcentage minimal de bacheliers retenus bénéficiaires d’une bourse nationale de lycée. » Jeudi 14 décembre, l’Assemblée nationale a adopté l’article 1 du projet de loi sur l’entrée à l’université. Le gouvernement espère ainsi garantir une plus grande mixité sociale et géographique dans l’enseignement supérieur. Plus...
Bring on Oxbridge quotas – and break the middle-class lock on privilege
Britain’s elite universities have tried and failed to address concerns about diversity among their students. It’s time for drastic action to force their hands. More...
Debate over foreign researcher numbers, quota proposal
By Jan Petter Myklebust. Summer time in Norway, from June to mid-August, is normally quiet for universities. But not this summer – possibly due to general elections looming in September. Internationalisation has been high on the agenda, with controversy over the growing number of international researchers and a proposal to impose a quota on their numbers. More...University quota system – Pushing fairness or mediocrity?
By Jackie Opara. Is the current quota system in the Nigerian public university system undermining the public sector higher education in favour of private universities which are not required to adhere to it. Read more...
Des quotas pour l’accès en STS et IUT
Par Christophe Lacôte. Sur demande de la ministre de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, les recteurs d’académies devront dorénavant prendre des arrêtés visant à fixer certains quotas d’accès aux études supérieures. Voir l'article...Universities to introduce quotas for first-time applicants
IN the future, universities and other higher education institutions must reserve study places for applicants who have not accepted a study place in a degree programme or completed a degree in a Finnish higher education institution.
The obligation is set forth in a proposal presented for parliamentary consideration on 14 November by the Government as part of its structural policy programme. More...
New president scraps controversial student quotas
The president said a new university would first be built in the country’s northern region, an area that has traditionally been vehemently opposed to the quota system that based access to university on one’s place of origin rather than merit. Read more...