Diversity

In first concession among 17 elite institutions accused of conspiring to limit student assistance, university also agrees to help cases against others

Only 4 per cent of reserved posts filled at India’s 45 central universities

Institutions enact policies that go beyond court ruling due to abundance of caution or as part of ‘politically motivated agendas’

Guaranteed interviews for ethnic minority applicants of a certain standard would also tackle postgraduate underrepresentation, says Research England-backed initiative

After court rejects racial preferences in admissions, biggest US civil rights group presses campuses for corrective pledges

Katherine Banks exits as fact-finding committee examines botched recruitment of Kathleen McElroy as director of journalism

I want my research to fuel change and make a positive impact on the world, and I do not want to suffer in the process, says Heidi Green

‘If you can’t see it, you can’t be it,’ minister says, ahead of review report promising other ‘immediate’ recommendations

Department for Education statistics show social mobility impact of A-level assessments affected by Covid-19 policies

Ethnicity and disability status also significant factors influencing likelihood of researchers being submitted, report finds

The ban on race-conscious admissions does not override the need to monitor progress in equity and social mobility, says W. Carson Byrd

It isn’t perfect, but data and analytics could capture the disadvantages applicants face and the diversity they may represent, says Carlo Ratti

Investing in structures and processes that allow students and staff to develop their own relationships is the best way to avoid woolly diversity work, conference hears

Institutions offer more support to tackle historically low participation rates

‘Pride’ scholarships aim to make university a world leader in research field

The Nottingham Trent vice-chancellor discusses using data to support students, avoiding strike action and why diversity conversations are too focused on Oxbridge

Academic leaders see grounds for improvement despite Supreme Court ruling, though track record suggests reason for sceptism

Germany’s only female Nobel scientist questions notion that diversity is key component of research success in modern science

Student growth is a key reason why Lucy Cavendish is admitting more state school pupils than any Oxbridge college, says president Madeleine Atkins

Overhaul of rule that removes student access to government subsidies if they do not complete at least half of their subjects under ‘active consideration’

Displaced people need better study options, including in the locations where they are based, say Gentille Dusenge, Jackson Byiringiro, and Isaac Ayuen

Professors say state’s recent track record of passing laws targeting transgender people and DEI programmes means Tampa is not a ‘safe’ location for annual event

Outrage at cases of falsely claimed Native identities is fuelled by the conflation of positionality with academic merit, says Jonathan Zimmerman

Nation’s gender equity improves as Covid creates job openings and an appreciation of more welcoming work environments

A court has sentenced 18 elite fraternity members to fines and community service for roles in reckless ritual

Western donors can best help South Pacific students by helping them stay put, Brisbane forum hears

‘Utopian’ approach needed that allows universities to judge for themselves what changes would have most impact, THE event hears

Makers of GRE seek to revamp standardised test after universities raise concerns over diversity and value

Tackling racism within institutions is a crucial first step, says Nick Braisby, three years on from a murder that shook the world 

As Universities Accord shines a spotlight on equity, new research finds that the most propitious pathway is little trodden

Investigation will look at whether enough has been done to welcome Jewish students and staff

DeSantis, in derisive showing at politically battered campus, enacts measure that also ends diversity hiring

Death of a lower-caste student prompts calls to focus on how students may experience ‘subtle segregation’ on campuses

New chancellor of Oxford Brookes University on overcoming racism at school, ‘tedious’ drama school politics and ‘nonsense’ claims of ‘wokery’ over decolonisation of curricula

UGC move meant to make higher education less English-centric ‘could backfire’ without more support for institutions, academics say

In rare victory for parents, federal appeals court overturns convictions, criticising their alleged bribery but agreeing that USC wasn’t cheated

Elizabeth Hoover faces calls to quit after failing to check family stories about her heritage

Australian universities push responsibility for casualisation onto Canberra’s funding arrangements

Policy of setting aside a fifth of places unlikely to be transformative in country that ranks bottom in OECD for female STEM students, scholars say

In ongoing awakening, several large universities act on evidence that marginalised students fare better with greater feelings of community

Rearranged event causes more controversy as activists block entrance to lecture theatre 

New College of Florida governing board assembled by governor refuses faculty-backed professor candidates

Farah Karim-Cooper – one of the UK’s few ethnic minority Shakespeare professors – reflects on being an outsider in a discipline not known for its non-white faces and ponders how diversity can be improved

Elite universities could be doing far more to help disadvantaged students, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides on affirmative action, say makers of Exclusion U documentary

Aiming to deny routine extension of federal debt limit, House conservatives hope to force lower Pell grant upon millions of borrowers

Parental income should not influence eligibility for living allowances, Australian academics argue

Document disappoints campaigners with lack of detail or targets after major funder promised overhaul during Black Lives Matter protests

With nation’s top judicial body expected to outlaw efforts to consider race in admissions, student essays held out as alternative means of preserving equity

Governance strategy by Trump-backing Republican governor held up by national group of university trustees as model to be emulated

Even when speech is legally protected, the harm that it can cause must be addressed, say Neijma Celestine-Donnor and Lara Schwartz

Academics’ belief in merit-based promotion at odds with their experiences of discrimination, study finds

State Senate has already passed one of three bills that would end tenure, force universities to fire professors who “attempt to compel” certain beliefs, and ban what the legislation defines as diversity, equity and inclusion programming

Publishers, libraries and funders must do what they can to ensure that no one is priced out of open-access publishing, says Mandy Hill

The India-born, CUNY-based expert on light-matter interaction discusses his work to help school students share his sense of excitement

University of Pennsylvania’s pulling of legacy aid seen as sign of embarrassment and potential harbinger of change across US elite

Boosting disadvantaged Australians’ share of university places requires biggest contributions from institutions already pulling most weight, study finds

Fayneese Miller, university’s first black president, to retire after months of battling over propriety of Muhammad painting in art class

Jason Wingard agrees to leave after less than two years in charge

Australia’s underwhelming success in making university enrolments more equitable underlines the need to ‘address schooling’, forum hears

EDI claims should be treated with the same curiosity and scepticism as anything else in academic life, says Maximilian Werner