Departmental hierarchies, job precarity and institutions’ need to protect their star professors enables bullies to thrive.

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan stopped a group of aspirational female students from boarding a plane to Dubai.

‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher.

One of Harvard’s biggest critics of affirmative action departs in wake of Supreme Court decision.

Paper proposes new tool that would judge major titles on metrics such as ratio of male to female authors.

Gender gap reflects workforce patterns, not success rate bias.

Newspapers in Pakistan are reporting on a scandal involving a large and growing public university in Southern Punjab.

Guaranteed interviews for ethnic minority applicants would also tackle postgraduate underrepresentation.

Understanding the pivotal factors driving changes is crucial and can empower us to proactively prepare for what lies ahead.

The executive director of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration has called for investigations.

Union criticises Chichester’s plan to sack Hakim Adi, first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history.

The recent United States Supreme Court decision that essentially ended affirmative action at universities will change the face of higher education.

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

Canada reportedly rejected 59% of the visa applications from English-speaking Africans and 74% from French-speaking Africans.

The five conservative Republican judges of the Supreme Court of the United States have overturned the decades-long practice.

Trump-installed conservative supermajority ends decades of precedent that allowed consideration of racial diversity.