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With more Americans living and working longer, many professionals are continuing their educations later in life – with a doctorate.
Whenever tuition rises at nonselective four-year colleges and universities, racial and ethnic diversity within the student body declines, researchers have found.
Today’s students are at increasingly high risk for mental health diagnoses. Universities need to step up.
While hip-hop is often viewed through its problematic elements, Dillard University President Walter Kimbrough explains why rap artists are ideal commencement speakers.
Artificial intelligence will transform universities. Here’s how.
When students attend a college where the student body is academically weaker than the one where they went to high school, they are more likely to show symptoms of depression, new research finds.
University “Indigenization” efforts using Massive Open Online Courses promise to reach wide audiences. They also raise critical questions about how to embody Indigenous ways of knowing and relating.
New research shows double majors beat their peers in one critical way that makes them more attractive to employers. Colleges may have to adapt to that reality to help their graduates compete.
Racist behaviour in universities manifests itself in nuanced and covert ways.
It’s time to (do more than) talk about knowledge. Universities must take leadership in helping develop students capacity to recognise different kinds of knowledge and work flexibly.
The Final Four of College Chess may not generate as much buzz as college basketball’s Final Four, but proponents says its competitors represent top talent with highly coveted critical thinking skills.
A closer look at the US-China trade relationship shows why Trump’s ‘targeted’ tariffs are likely to hurt American workers and businesses as well.
Taking part in the NCAA tournament tends to make a bigger difference for public universities that garner relatively few donations.
In many European universities and specialized schools, professors are now being assessed by their students. While this has long been standard in the United States, many issues can arise.
Student-led campaigns have been calling out racism in universities for years. After a shocking incident at Nottingham Trent University, perhaps we should start to listen.
Working-class high achievers often struggle to fit in to higher education and can end up isolated both at university and in their home environment.
Social class plays a huge role in people’s experiences of accessing and succeeding in higher education.
The benefits of university are clear and measurable, but we can do more with constructive reform.
Acutely aware of class inequality and social injustice, Hardy was also a notable advocate of access to 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 Higher Education, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor Emeritus and Former Deputy Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
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