The annual Student Experience Survey is a litmus test of student engagement, satisfaction and educational quality. But the survey’s categories of study no longer match the post-COVID experience.
Colleges are offering more virtual reality experiences as they become ‘metaversities.’
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Tara McAllister, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Leilani Walker, Auckland University of Technology et Sereana Naepi, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
New research examines why Māori and Pacific representation in university STEM subjects remain so stubbornly low.
Some states fund their public colleges based on how well the schools perform on key metrics. New research raises questions about how that affects outcomes for students from different racial groups.
A negative environment dissuades many women engineering students from staying in the field. Can colleges and universities do anything to reverse the trend?
The UK’s high potential individual visa demonstrates short-sightedness about the experience, insights and skills that graduates from the global South could bring to the UK.
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For trans students, the right to be recognized by the pronouns they use for themselves is under constant legal attack. A researcher who specializes in the trans student experience takes a closer look.
Nigerian journalists protesting on 25 April against the continuous closure of public universities in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Strikes have had a negative impact on Nigeria but private universities have benefited.
At colleges with a majority-Black student population, Black and white students graduate at the same rate.
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Students of color graduate at higher rates when they go to colleges where there are larger portions of the student body and faculty who are also of color.
Ebba Ossiannilsson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Muhammad Zuhdi, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta et Stephen Dobson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Students once might have been the main clients of higher education, but today communities, industries and the government demand the ear of the university.
Increased financing will enable universities in Kenya to make climate change activities a central part of curricula and research output.
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Language electives have fewer enrolments compared to other subjects in Australia. New research suggests students are interested in studying languages, but can’t.