Many students are in the process of deciding whether to take a gap year – a year between high school and starting college. What does evidence tell us about taking a gap year?
What do the most disadvantaged students need for college success?
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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have called for making colleges and universities debt-free or tuition-free. Disadvantaged students need more than free college to achieve success.
Universities can be alienating spaces, particularly for students from poorer backgrounds.
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A recent study on school vouchers shows that the program may be harming kids’ academic achievement, at least in math. What’s missing here? Are test scores the only way to judge a program?
Every student has their own story and their own concerns. Lecturers need to listen.
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Coming to understand students’ individual stories allows lecturers to guide, mentor and support them.
Graduates of a 2015 Tertiary Entry Program, which paves the way into university courses, with lead author and CQUniversity’s Pro Vice-Chancellor of Indigenous Engagement, Bronwyn Fredericks (fourth from left) and Provost Hilary Winchester (far right).
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If we’re serious about closing the gap in Indigenous education, our new research shows the value of building better bridges into universities and vocational education.
What difference can a teaching assistant make?
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One in 10 children report spending multiple hours on homework. There are no benefits of this additional work, but it could leave a negative impact on health.
Many South African schools lack basic equipment like chairs, textbooks, pens and blackboards. Research suggests they could still succeed – by taking learners’ ideas and concerns more seriously.
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What happens when a school doesn’t have many resources but teachers and the principal really listen to learners’ ideas and fears? The results, research finds, can be remarkable.
Doing poorly at school doesn’t mean you’ll do poorly at university.
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The pathway to academic success is not always about the number of papers you’ve published. Some have found that a sense of humour can be just as useful.
Not all kids do well at school, and it’s not their fault.
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The new school year has just begun. Parents may be feeling nervous about sending their children off to school. What if they don’t like school? What if school doesn’t like them? What if they don’t do well…