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Professor Barney Glover on the bleak years ahead for higher education
Michelle Grattan discusses the higher-education sector with Professor Barney Glover
Legislation governing universities varies from one to the other, often leaving their purpose undefined. But it certainly matters when determining an academic’s duties in an unfair dismissal case.
Although the government has identified a real problem, its heavy-handed regulation would create unnecessary red tape for universities and exclude students who should get a second chance.
Australia’s higher education sector needs significant reform to remove the perverse incentives that have made universities dependent on revenue from international students.
As momentum builds to remove statutes that pay homage to Confederates and others who sought to uphold white supremacy, a historian explores questions about what should be erected in their place.
All universities face job losses. But the impacts of these job losses are greatest for regional communities.
Doubling the cost of degrees in the humanities and social sciences has a disproportionate impact on women because they account for two-thirds of the students.
In response to anti-racism protests, many colleges plan to implement diversity training. Research shows it’s a waste of time.
India’s new National Education Policy is impressive, and could create opportunities for Australian universities. The key issues, however, relate to implementation.
Vice-chancellors from three South African universities unpack how the COVID-19 pandemic could alter the country’s higher education sector.
Not many Latino students major in business. A researcher explores the reasons why.
The government should stop trying to tinker at the edges. Instead it should strengthen internal university administration through shared governance.
When lockdowns went into effect earlier this year, interest in massive online open courses, or MOOCs, began to surge. An expert expects the interest to continue.
When college athletes practice or play, they’re really performing work. But are they able to speak up when the work conditions threaten their health? And what happens when they do?
More than 70 of Australia’s Laureate professors have signed a letter to the minister for education, Dan Tehan, outlining the flaws in the proposed university reforms.
Women make up around 55% of enrolments at university. But men are not at a disadvantage. They outperform women after they graduate in terms of both salary and seniority.
Changes caused by COVID-19 in the higher education sector could alter the power dynamics between African researchers and those from developed countries.
Women of color are woefully underrepresented in leadership positions in higher education. What will it take to turn things around?
Reforming the business school is the next step in the radical revolution needed in higher education.
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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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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Higher Education, The Ohio State University
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Associate Director Student Experience, Monash University
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Director, Policy Impact, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
