Colleges told to favour minority students
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Universities were encouraged yesterday to give preference to students from minority backgrounds in a scheme that could see working-class and ethnic minority applicants
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School governors must be drawn from a wider range of ethnic groups and ages, a charity says.
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People are asked to submit their favourite word to highlight the need for universal  education.
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The Black Coaches Association still wants more minority hires in college football. But the group's new report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.
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The NCAA tournament's play-in game is drawing the ire of the historically black colleges and universities as their schools have earned the dubious distinction of being picked most often for the event.
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Universities which "discriminate" against private school pupils could be in breach of human rights, a report says.
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Women academics are being discriminated against in terms of money and promotion, lecturers claim.
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All private colleges in Britain that recruit students from overseas will be required to register with the interior ministry as part of a drive to cut illegal immigration, the government said Tuesday.
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More students from poor families in England and Northern Ireland are to receive full grants for university.
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Students should be able to make their university applications after their A-level results, says an official report.
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Universities are urged to help tackle extremism as ministers voice concern over the threat from campus radicals.
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TeachersÃÂÃÂ misconceptions might be preventing bright state-educated pupils from applying to Oxford and Cambridge University, according to a survey for an educational charity.
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Many low-income students are unaware that they are eligible for grants, says a university watchdog.
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Boys are less keen to go to university than their female counterparts, a survey suggests.
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A report says a third of teachers in London must come from ethnic minority communities.
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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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Students from research-led universities want the government to consider establishing a national bursary scheme to boost widening participation to higher education.