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With a budget surplus in sight, it makes no sense to cut funding from Australia's research capacity.
In order to regain public confidence, universities must take steps to show citizens that investments in higher education are well-spent, an education professor and university professor argue.
Australian tertiary education policy and funding debates are better served by domestic data.
Labor has promised to review the tertiary education sector if elected next year. There are some major issues, and some examples from abroad they should consider.
The benefits of university are clear and measurable, but we can do more with constructive reform.
For universities in Australia to get the most out of philanthropic donations, they need to develop persuasive cases for giving, and work with staff, communities and donors towards shared goals.
Funding debates dominated most education policy talks in 2017, but discussions look to be extending past the dollar value in 2018 with a number of high profile reports due for release.
In many respects, President Jacob Zuma's free higher education proposal in South Africa is the worst kind of populism.
The year 2017 is finally coming to an end, so here's a wrap of our coverage for the year, with bonus quiz!
The cuts to higher education funding are more about making savings than improving higher education, and would be extremely hard to change in the future.
New analysis of education expenditure shows spending on the vocational education and training sector has declined while other sectors have experienced growth.
Cultural bias against teaching-only academics will see them get the axe in funding cuts to higher education.
Universities now have the incentive and flexibility to respond to student interests, and we shouldn't distract them with policy changes that could make things worse.
The resilience of South Sudan's higher education system can be attributed to dedicated staff, institutional partnerships and supportive governance.
In some places, the dismal labour conditions of young academics have spurred them to unionise. Not so in the Czech Republic, where students and intellectuals lead lives of “state-ordered poverty”.
Students who take longer to complete their degree will be hit hard by fee hikes.
Higher education reform means more pain for students and universities with long lasting consequences.
If universities work together they are more likely to find creative solutions to problems. Collaboration will allow them to benefit from the global academic community's collective wisdom.
Demands being made by protesting students in South Africa purport to support the poor. But the most marginalised young people in the country will not benefit from free higher education.
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