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With academic freedom comes moral responsibility. Men within New Zealand universities – and beyond – must challenge misogynistic abuse of their women colleagues and not stay silent.
As we observe with the war in Ukraine, humanities skills are crucial for understanding 21st-century problems.
Today’s students are part of a generation demanding society-wide change in the culture that perpetuates sexual violence, and the students expect their universities to lead the way.
Social scientists in Nigeria communicate their research results more among themselves than they do to policymakers and the general public.
COVID-19 planning needs to take disability justice seriously. Universities must design courses to be accessible to all learners, and offer ongoing remote learning.
Courses designed to foster peer-to-peer learning in virtual spaces can yield research insights across disciplines.
Academics and students are prominent among the Russians who are defying the Putin regime and opposing the invasion of Ukraine. They need to be supported, not cut off by the rest of the world.
Medical schools need long-term equity planning and built-in accountability measures in order to help realize a larger vision of anti-racist and inclusive health care.
We live in a digital and distributed world. Universities must adapt to that reality to do a better job of meeting today’s educational needs.
An expert weighs in on how colleges can lower their chances of being hit by surges of COVID-19 cases after spring break 2022.
As more countries flirt with democratic backsliding, we should all be concerned. We can look to academic freedom as a gauge.
Many Indonesian women want to pursue higher education, but structural barriers remain.
The answers to Nigeria’s poor social science research output seem to lie in quantity and quality of personnel, time available for research, funding, support institutions and policy.
COVID-19 lockdowns have kept researchers from their labs and libraries and delayed projects. What can be done to reduce the likely impacts?
A scholar weighs in on a new lawsuit that accuses several elite schools of price fixing and conspiring to lower the amount of financial aid offered to low-income students.
The case taken by two high-profile academics against their university goes to the heart of what it means to be a ‘critic and conscience of society’.
Peer support, opportunities to engage in responses to combat racism and bias and culturally responsive counselling are important for the mental health and well-being of international students.
Universities must be considered as not only in crisis but also as drivers of crisis in a world of climate change, biodiversity loss, authoritarianism and deep social and economic inequalities.
As Western and Indonesian academics continue to engage in co-operation, we should find common ways of counteracting discrimination, including discriminatory practices against the LGBT community.
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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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Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Chief Data Officer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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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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