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Multiple programs and scholarships seek to help refugees from Syria and elsewhere obtain higher education, but the need dwarfs the response.

Obfuscation: it's not just for post-structuralists anymore. Scott McLemee discusses a book on creating privacy in digital society.

Private equity company offers full scholarships for master's level study in U.S. or Europe, but students must return home for two years of work after finishing degrees.

U.S. universities are increasingly dependent on growing enrollments of students from China. Will the growth continue amid an economic slowdown?

Adam Habib, vice chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand, discusses how he plans to recruit more black academics without resorting to a freeze on the hiring of white academics.

As Australian candidate suggests linking government funds to student retention and job outcomes, university leaders warn of unintended consequences.

Study of German academics suggests that extra pay concentrates talent and boosts output from some institutions, with corresponding losses elsewhere.