Admissions

While a weaker measure than the autumn semester, data amplify concerns that higher education’s loss of value may reflect more than just Covid

Wavering Chinese demand has driven a dive into south Asia, where unwary recruiters ‘get burned’

Nieces of nation’s incoming justice minister accused of faking research papers to help gain Ivy League admission

Disadvantaged families have upbeat expectations for their offspring but underestimate the barriers, study suggests

Corruption only likely to get worse as higher education sector becomes more stratified, say scholars

Progress on widening participation may go into reverse if mounting scepticism about university’s value isn’t addressed, says Zahir Irani

Minority public medical school enrolment seen down by more than third in five years in US states that banned racial considerations in admissions

University follows Cambridge in offering gifted state school students chance to take fully funded introductory year

Westminster government moves to defund the vocational qualifications come under scrutiny in Hepi paper

Naviance, available to nearly half of nation’s high school students, admits years of Caucasian filtering for campuses building candidate lists

Half of free school meal-eligible pupils in London – and 40 per cent of black school-leavers – would be caught by cap

All 45 Indian public universities to admit students on basis of one exam, prompting concerns over diversity and institutional autonomy

Only coach to risk federal trial found guilty on multiple charges, giving prosecution overwhelming win in three-year process

MIT joins several state institutions in resuming SAT-ACT mandate as pandemic eases, providing opening to wider reassessment

For the new technical qualification to be a success, every university must encourage applicants from these courses, says David Gallagher

Flagship campus resumes full autumn admissions plans after legislature exempts it from environmental ruling, but promises fixes to housing crisis

Authorities to debate changes to master’s and PhD enrolment systems

Proposal to ‘link performance and funding’ the latest in an interventionist trend

Reflecting nation’s angry partisan tone, admissions advisers’ association mutes online exchange, and sister group weighs shunning Texas

Students need help to make better course choices and lifelong learners need a flexible application system, says Graeme Atherton

IRU’s pre-election manifesto for university sector also recommends adoption of the UK’s Haldane principle

Student number controls idea seen as response to ‘handing over levers’ to shape English provision in 2010 switch to loans-based system

The president of KTH Royal Institute of Technology discusses the fallout of a scientific scandal and immigration rules in Sweden

Institutions set to sign up to new guidelines promising to ‘prioritise the interests of applicants’

Local authorities should work in close collaboration with academic institutions to make international students feel welcome, says James Pitman

With data showing better post-secondary pathway, administration wants more job-oriented course offerings

With relief now unlikely before this month’s autumn admissions offers, top US campus talks of online and deferred acceptances

Universities brace as hot labour market beckons locals who kept them afloat through Covid

Warning comes as data on English student numbers suggest institutions growing international master’s cohorts

Selective institutions again face backsliding in perennial challenge of guessing how many admitted students will accept

Canadian universities must also provide the resources to support students through their studies with more scholarships and bursaries, says Opiyo Oloya

Plans for students to apply to university after receiving their results have again been abandoned

Westminster government ‘starting a conversation’ on minimum entry bar, and proposals would affect only ‘tiny proportion’ of students, says Michelle Donelan

About seven in 10 Oxbridge entrants now come from state sector, in a marked uptick

The president of Northwestern University discusses the conflict between being a higher education economist and a university leader and changing career 

Working-class school-leavers’ fear of debts larger than their parents’ annual incomes is still a big issue, say Geoffrey Alderman and Zoe Morrison 

Drop in mature applications means total pool has shrunk slightly, with continuing European downturn offset by Indian and Chinese growth

City residents fighting student overcrowding win order that would slice planned freshmen class by a third

Sector sources suggest PQA plan dropped after Williamson exit, although others think alternative changes still under consideration

Todd Huston, while senior vice-president at SAT creator, led Indiana lawmakers in trying to restrict classroom teaching

OECD data show that there are nations that have achieved more balance between major cities and other regions

John Blake details planned changes to access agreements and defends focus on graduate outcomes in terms of ‘high-status jobs’

John Blake rejects suggestions that it is not universities’ place to help close attainment gaps, in first speech in new role

Experts say expectation of long work hours and ‘old boys club’ culture among doctors still pose barriers

Continental students disappearing as post-Brexit funding rules kick in

College Board promises digital exam will be easier for all and again asserts equity advantages as colleges increasingly abandon its mandatory use

Nation’s top judiciary agrees to question victories for Harvard and North Carolina upholding long-established right to consider race in admissions

Without it, we could lose sight of the subtleties of the sliding scale of disadvantage and its impact on participation, says Jayne Taylor

Pledges of $90 million help Ivy League campus join small club depleted in recent years by financial stress and prioritisation of domestic applicants

Former director of fair access Chris Millward says government move to cut university places ‘serious prospect’ but unlikely to succeed

With concerted efforts, the UK could attract far more than 600,000 international students to its shores, says James Pitman

Despite the pandemic, trade disputes and geopolitical tensions, several factors will continue to push and pull Chinese students abroad, says Nicolas Chu

Analysts say generous grants, more housing and better information are needed to fix inequalities driven by parental income 

Admissions expert warns that fall in acceptance rate could be start of major issue in supply of places

The financial effects of Covid may cause disadvantaged college applicants to panic, unclear how to apply for aid or too ashamed to do so, says Amy Glynn

System acknowledges inviting SAT and ACT results for course placement, as Berkeley analysis shows nationwide racial bias in post-admissions sorting

Responding to US Supreme Court’s request for its position, administration agrees the university’s affirmative action tools meet existing constitutional standards

Both dropout rates and attainment have held steady since Abertay radically reduced entry grades for disadvantaged applicants, says Nigel Seaton

Campuses ‘bursting at the seams’, says Amsterdam president, urging government help

New government focus on universities raising pre-18 attainment could be a ‘challenge’, but also indicates positive shift