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Nature 393, 97 (14 May 1998) | doi:10.1038/30047

Mirage of égalité persists

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Conservative resistance to the reform of higher education is alive and kicking in France.

The thirtieth anniversary this month of the May 1968 student uprising on the streets of Paris is a powerful reminder to France's politicians of the sensitivities alive in universities. Claude Allègre, the minister for higher education, research and technology, has ambitious plans for reform.