Tenure, entrenched labour unions, rampant careerism, uncomprehending politicians, narrow-minded university governors: the obstacles to reform are so intimidating that the possibilities of change appear to be, at this stage, no better than marginal.
Political observers expect Colorado Republicans to introduce broader discrimination restoration bills this session, beyond the narrow university-focused proposal currently on the table.
The gap will begin to narrow once universities can agree that gender salary discrimination, even if inadvertent, still holds women back several decades after it was first noticed.
From school, candidates must attend the very narrow group of universities in the UK from which investment banks prefer to select, including London School of Economics (LSE), University College London (UCL), Imperial College London, and Oxford, Cambridge and Warwick Universities.
Fareed Hussein, a cousin of Mr Ahmed's mother, said he was a "likeable person" while at school but his world view became "much narrower" while at university.
The narrowing of the university, the constraining of the inquiries of faculty through grant-driven projects, disallows us from pursuing the truth.
Dr Charles Insley Canterbury Christ Church University The elitist proposals proffered by the vice-chancellor of Durham would consign a swath of universities to a financial wasteland, recreating the narrow, selective model of universities which have done little for the vast majority of people in this country.
Boyfriends helped with training – Victor Ubogu, the England prop then at Oxford, lent a hand – and when the day of the match dawned, Oxford showed up with a narrow win over Southampton University to their credit, while Cambridge had just been "slaughtered" by Hull.
To find the epicentre of student nightlife, stroll the narrow streets around the university and the Plaza Mayor, one of Spain's best people-watching squares and once host to gory bullfights.
A narrow finding that the university had discriminated against Bakke, violating Title VI, was sufficient, and the court was correct to admit him.
