The United States government has said that last week's decision by the University of California to abolish race-based admissions may cost the university - one of America's largest and most...
What makes an effective leader and how are people persuaded to become followers? Howard Gardner studied 21 leaders to construct an Identikit picture. Which of the scholarly disciplines "owns"...
I had hoped that Bill Clinton's election to the United States presidency in 1992 would bring an end to the seemingly interminable culture wars ("the crisis of history", "the battle of the books and...
I recently joined 100,000 other fans at Wembley Stadium to see The Rolling Stones. The diversity of those attending the concert was remarkable. The Stones attracted not only ageing rockers, and a few...
When Bernard Shapiro publicly assumed his role as principal of McGill, Canada's most prestigious university, it was hailed as a remarkable personal feat. Joining the celebratory throng was Shapiro's...
A California trade school which offered courses to poor students in auto mechanics, computer training and English as a second language fraudulently milked the Pell grant programme of $58 million,...
The traditional freedom of Australian universities to design their own courses is becoming limited because of the growing influence of professional associations. Gordon Stanley, head of the federal...
This week's Final Word comes from a futuristic novel that launched a philanderer's literary career: "But to me the future is still black and blank - is a vast ignorance, lit at a few casual places by...
Sergey Artobolevskiy on L. D. Stamp and S. Beaver's The British Isles: A Geographical and Economic Survey. During my 25-year career I have used thousands of books, from my early days at Moscow State...
The Millennial Project
The Myth of Theory
A History of Mozambique
Travellers in Africa
The Third Culture
Going Abroad