Former Harvard surgeon sees critical moment to improve both equity and accuracy in multibillion-dollar study investments.

As many as half of women on STEM degrees report being victims of sexism.

One in five survey respondents report being victims of sexual touching or rape.

There have been optimistic reports about international student bounce-back after COVID-19.

Sector-wide pay gap stands at 14.2 per cent, but it is higher than 30 per cent at some institutions.

Top-ranked institutions’ contribution to equity should go further than picking the top 10 students.

‘Core recruitment practices’ without quotas reduced gender parity timeline from 60 years to five.

Country must address socio-economic and regional inequalities, UN committee advises.

Overseas universities could profit from ‘escape route’ role, as China’s women resist political pressure to produce the next generation.

The winners of this year’s L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents Sub-Saharan Africa Awards.

Leftist faculty and high overseas enrolments also targeted in congressional hearing.

Ushering poorer students into short-term, non-degree programmes will suppress their wages and upward mobility, says Ben Wildavsky.

The question about the purpose of higher education has been traditionally discussed and debated by several scholars in two related ways.

Groups have formed a coalition to coordinate a multipronged effort to increase the numbers of international students studying in the US.

Despite backlash fears, quotas aimed at increasing proportion of women on academic boards can aid gender equality more broadly.

An alarming fall in the number of research students from the EU and a drop in new PhDs from China.