Colleges often seek to boost student diversity, build a strong academic class and bring in more tuition money. A former enrollment manager says it can be difficult to do all three.
The intensive mode offers opportunities to enhance student learning. It also risks exhausting academics and students, and leaving students behind. But careful design can mitigate these risks.
Natalie Skead, The University of Western Australia; Fiona McGaughey, The University of Western Australia; Kate Offer, The University of Western Australia; Liam Elphick, The University of Western Australia et Murray Wesson, The University of Western Australia
In our law school, lecture attendance averaged just 38% of total enrolments across the semester.
The University of Sydney took in about A$750 million from international students in 2017. Two-thirds of that – about $500 million – came from international students from China.
Monash will be the first foreign university to open a branch campus in Indonesia. However, academics are divided on how the planned campus will impact the country’s higher education sector.
Decolonising mathematical sciences is possible. The answer lies in rediscovering existing African examples of teaching maths and including them in the Western body of knowledge.
West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler set out to visit high school students throughout the Texas Panhandle and the South Plains with a simple message about student loans.
Universities have put in place many measures to help international students. But online classes are not a simple solution, and the government could help with the extra money students have to spend.
Australia has never had such a drop in student numbers. Even during the SARS outbreak Australia didn’t implement bans on those travelling from affected countries.
While online education may seem like a convenient way to earn a degree in the comfort of your own home or office, an expert warns of pitfalls that can seriously set a student behind.
Between 23% and 52% of education, civil engineering, nursing and commerce students failed a unit of their degree. Those who failed a subject were four times more likely to drop out of their course.
Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University