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Despite laws that prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities, very few universities in Indonesia have dedicated units that provide special needs services.
A questioning and receptive mind frees the individual and can be put to use in all kinds of careers.
Should students get refunds during strike action? An education economist gives his thoughts.
The new College Scorecard – an online tool – offers valuable insights into how much you can expect to earn and owe if you choose a particular major at a particular school, an economist writes.
The university strikes show how a dispute around a fairly technical employment issue, pensions, can develop a momentum of its own and become a catalyst for a much wider expression of dissatisfaction.
Adult education should never be seen as a luxury.
Scholars suggest that law schools must adopt innovative interdisciplinary curricula alongside implementation of creative teaching methods to address advancements in technology.
The commercialisation of universities in Kenya poses a serious threat to academic freedom.
Food insecurity remains a serious challenge among university students in South Africa.
Like students, academics from working-class backgrounds may also prefer not to work at elite universities.
Black and minority ethnic staff in universities are paid less than their white colleagues.
As I found, academics engaging in fieldwork research are in a particularly vulnerable position.
Universities, industry and government should work together so that knowledge translates into socio-economic benefits.
Not only do some countries perpetrate direct attacks on students and academics but the internationalisation of higher education has also created new global threats.
Scholars propose a new education system centred on human development to end hazing rituals in Indonesian universities.
The ideas about the Fourth Industrial Revolution being punted by the World Economic Forum will fail to contribute to economic growth and job creation, and will amplify existing inequalities.
The climate emergency requires the full mobilisation of scientific institutions, but the persistent compartmentalization between disciplines and difficulties of adaptation hinder their action.
Academics should become intellectual defenders of public interest and role models for civic engagement, scholars say.
Mental health researchers based at Queen’s University in Canada and Oxford University in the U.K. are helping universities take the lead in developing improved student mental health care.
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Chief Data Officer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Social & Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Executive Director, Student Equity; and Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University
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