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But academics note silver lining, with larger number of qualified local high schoolers gaining access to city’s high-quality institutions

Capping course intakes causes student surges elsewhere, university president says, calling for ‘urgent’ political action to stem international flows

Fluctuations in gaokao admission scores indicate growing pursuit of career stability

One of UK higher education’s leading data scientists, DataHE’s founder Mark Corver presents the key statistics that will define this year’s turbulent A levels and clearing season

Sector ‘re-righting itself’ post-pandemic means more miss out on places in â€˜one of the toughest university admissions rounds in years’

About 20,000 applicants miss out on top choice as grades are deflated back to 2019 levels

Thousands of applicants missing out on their first-choice university is not a pandemic-era blip but a ‘new normal’ that will force many more to look for excellent courses beyond the Russell Group, says Mary Curnock Cook

‘Under the radar’ practice of charging students to secure their places a sign of ‘increasingly deregulated admissions process’, says Jo Grady

‘Absolute support’ for Australian government’s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students

With Covid exam disruption mostly gone but early entry schemes still in the ascendancy, admission stresses have been brought forward

Rebalancing of undergraduate intakes after fee freeze ‘not a factor’ this year but may prove important in future, says Ucas chief executive

Experts say well-researched tools will be needed to draw more young men into medicine, psychology, dentistry and veterinary studies

Financial uncertainties and changing demographics mean this year’s admissions cycle signals shift in universities’ approach

Graham Virgo ‘very concerned’ by Liz Truss’ policy that would guarantee interviews for all straight-A* students

Reversal of rampant grade inflation may offer hope to English universities whose offer-making was disrupted by predicted A levels

Post-92s and private universities more likely to offer incoming students the option of when they begin their course while Russell Group stick to traditional autumn start

Working-class pupils particularly fearful, finds survey, with universities urged to give ‘additional leniency’ on admissions

With university set to become a near-universal expectation for high-school graduates, the separate silos in which K12 and higher education have traditionally operated are increasingly being seen as barriers to equity. But what, realistically, can universities do to bridge the great divide? Paul Basken reports 

There will always be a political temptation to charge universities with improving a school system that leaves some students underprepared

As loss in Harvard and UNC cases seems likely, dozens of top corporations argue in filings that they do better with diverse workforces

New figures show record-breaking levels of progression to higher education for pupils on free school meals

Commonly used widening participation initiative not targeting those who would benefit most from such schemes, study finds

‘Generation lockdown’ wanting a break from the books blamed for steep decrease as high employment rate lures some away from study

Decades or centuries needed if progress continues at its current pace, consultancy firm concludes

Number of students expected to start courses in UK higher education hits all-time high, after 44 per cent of all 18-year-olds applied

With SAT and ACT already losing acceptance because of inequities, GAO details cost-related struggle of students to gain needed accommodations

Emphasising the value for money offered by a vibrant learning community is a much better pitch to potential students, says Aaron Basko

‘The current court has clearly shown its willingness to directly overturn past precedents in order to achieve conservative policy goals, and I don’t see why this case would be different,’ says sociologist

Ucas analysis suggests online learning may not have suited students with disabilities, who were more inclined to delay their degree

Sole courtroom victor in three years of prosecutions says jurors needed to hear that institutions went along, and then believe that nobody was hurt

When employers and governments state preferences for particular universities, it further overheats entry competition, says Hiroshi Ono

Shift prestigious institutions to ‘greater potential’ of education for excluded adults, says FT columnist

Businessman whose daughter won Georgetown admission after large donation successfully portrays his action as normal practice

Sky-high application and grant rates prompt fresh integrity concerns

The Princeton University president discusses the oversimplification of the free speech debate and his personal journey of discovery kicked off by his son’s school project 

Retention, progression and completion data arguably better reflect the work universities do to help students fulfil their potential, says James Miller

The Fujita Health University president discusses shrinking birth rates, Japan‘s medical school scandal and why more Japanese students should study abroad

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