Higher education in the US has been faulted for not requiring students to read and write enough. But is that criticism justified? New research raises doubts.
Private college students graduate at higher rates, government statistics show.
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The ‘free college’ proposals being floated by 2020 presidential candidates don’t include private colleges. A higher education scholar asks why, especially since privates have higher graduation rates.
Just as the printing press made books more affordable, technology could do the same thing for college textbooks today.
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An English and economics professor explain why America’s college textbook industry might undergo radical change that makes books more affordable, similar to what happened in medieval times.
The government is proposing to save A$2.2 billion on education over the next four years, which will hit students the hardest.
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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.
In the mid-1980s as a further education lecturer I was mocked by some more traditional colleagues for using “lantern slides”, their term for the then newfangled technology of the overhead projector, or…
How to stand out from the online crowd.
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Think of a university, any university. Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard or Yale may spring to mind. Or your local university, or the one you or someone you know attended. I’m fairly sure that the University…
Over the past couple of years, massive open online courses (MOOCs) have taken the academic world by storm. Despite much debate about whether the idea of running free online courses for everyone is both…
Studying one subject won’t help save the world.
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Across the globe, we are experiencing rapid changes to our environment and social structures. Climate change, population growth, and social unrest are causing ever increasing problems. The rate of change…
Among the many changes currently sweeping through US public universities is a move away from traditional seat-time in class. Known as “competency-based education”, it is often done online, asking students…
Universities have been recording data digitally about their students for decades. No one would seriously question the necessity of collecting facts for administrative purposes, such as a student’s name…
When your classroom is a global one, filled with well-informed online learners, they don’t cut you much slack. Hundreds of people pore over every element of your course, making well-informed and sometime…
Universities should boost industry partnerships to address funding shortfalls, the report found.
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Australian universities will not survive the next 10 to 15 years unless they radically overhaul their current business models, according to a report released today. The Ernst & Young report, titled…
There are still many questions left about the Future of Higher Education, but here’s some thoughts from our symposium.
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Resisting technological change is futile, according to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Chris Evans. So how should Australian universities respond to the technological change of online education? This…
Take part in The Conversation’s Future of Higher Education symposium here.
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Five of our authors will today present their ideas on the future of higher education in a conversation with Tertiary Education Minister Chris Evans. And you’re invited to take part. For two weeks our authors…
Online platforms need to be well-designed if they’re going to help students learn.
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FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: We continue our series on the rise of online and blended learning and how free online courses are set to transform the higher education sector. In the final part of our series…
With free, quality online education from brand-name universities, will overseas students come to Australia?
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FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: We continue our series on the rise of online and blended learning and how free online courses are set to transform the higher education sector. Today, Wollongong University’s…
Online education might not cut it for students who want quality learning and more access to staff.
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FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: We continue our series on the rise of online and blended learning and how free online courses are set to transform the higher education sector. Today, Victoria University’s…
Communication is a vital skill for university graduates, but in the move to online education we could be selling students short.
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FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: We continue our series on the rise of online and blended learning and how free online courses are set to transform the higher education sector. Today, Shirley Alexander from…
Online education may mean more stress and workload for academics, not less.
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FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: We continue our series on the rise of online and blended learning and how free online courses are set to transform the higher education sector. Today, ANU’s Rod Lamberts and…