Abolish selection say academics
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Grammar schools should be abolished to create an education system that is fairer to all, says a report.
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The government changes a  selection system for young doctors after complaints from the medical profession.
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A tougher admission code for England's schools, curbing "covert selection",  is published for consultation.
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Science & environment: Decision follows cancellations after James Watson suggested black people are less intelligent.
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A plan to change school admissions in Brighton brings strong feelings and protests.
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WASHINGTON -- Under a far-reaching policy change to be announced today, all staff scientists at the National Institutes of Health will be banned from accepting consulting fees or other income from drug companies, and the employees also must divest industry stock holdings.
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Higher education staff are being urged to oppose government plans to tackle campus extremism.
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The deans of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania law schools are opposing discriminatory content that has been found on the Web site AutoAdmit.
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Educators and students say the University of Phoenixâs focus on the bottom line has eroded academic quality.
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One group of prominent university presidents called for universities to revamp the traditional tenure academic career system to make it more family friendly, while another criticized recent remarks by Harvard University President Lawrence Summers addressing why women may be failing to reach top science jobs.
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Academics have backed calls for a wide-ranging debate on a boycott of Israeli universities.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for liberal and secular university lecturers to be removed.
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There is a warning that independent schools are stretching their lead among A-level students.
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In a change certain to shake up college admissions, Harvard University will ditch its "early action" round of applications on the grounds that it favors wealthier students over minorities and the poor. It called on other universities to follow suit.
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Academic freedom has never completely protected professors who make unpopular statements. One was fired in 1960 for suggesting that premarital sex among students could be a good thing. Three decades later, a department chair was demoted for saying a Jewish conspiracy denigrated blacks in the movies.
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Dozens of liberal arts colleges have decided to stop participating in the magazineâs annual college rankings.
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University of California regents yesterday resoundingly rejected a proposal that sought to add a &quot;multiracial&quot; category to UC&#39;s admissions application.