The education minister has outlined reforms to higher education funding aimed at producing ‘job ready graduates’. But his announcements don’t seem completely in line with the data.
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When it comes to making law enforcement professionals less likely to resort to use of force, higher education goes a long way, research shows.
For many people, universities remain institutions embodying past imperial practices. Universities have an important role to play in society, and they must do so with society.
A Mitchell Institute report has estimated the proportion of international students in various Australian suburbs, and how much they contribute to the local economy.
Higher education can help empower students to take an active role in public safety. Here are several ways to do it.
A group of international students were interviewed about their experience in Australia during COVID-19. Here’s what they had to say.
Opening colleges and universities for in-person instruction this fall could be risky, but so could going online. A higher education funding expert explains why.
Education should equip people not just with specific skills, but also with the knowledge they need to be citizens, and for occupations in which they can develop across the course of their lives.
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Online higher education can be a great lever for social change in refugee camps.
Research shows few differences in academic outcomes between online and face-to-face university courses. A professor who’s been teaching online for years offers advice on good online courses.
When Mikey Williams, one of the nation’s top high school basketball players, announced that he was thinking about going to a historically black college, the college basketball world paid attention.
Universities can only credibly claim to be preparing young people for their futures if they take into account the kind of world they are helping to bring about.
Researchers modelled the impact of the loss of international student fee income on 38 universities.
The benefits of online learning include accessibility and a personalised approach.
Albertans expect a draft agreement for performance-based funding for universities — but here’s why it should be scrapped.
Australia has a long history of international student education, spurred on by government policy.
Are the Australian government’s successive changes to JobKeeper specifically designed to exclude universities? And if so, why?
Changes in South Africa’s higher education sector have increased the number and intensity of roles academics take on. This has led to a spike in workload and associated stress.
While there is great potential for online higher education to reach many people, caution needs to be paid if online education is to live up to the hype.
The National Tertiary Education Union has agreed to a deal with universities that aims to save at least 12,000 jobs. But universities aren’t obliged to sign up.
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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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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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 of Higher Education, The Ohio State University
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and Psychology and 21st Century Chair, University of Arkansas
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Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Director Student Experience, Monash University
