The Universities Accord final report proposes Australia adopts a ‘needs-based’ funding model. On top of base funding, there would be extra loadings to support equity students.
Equity has been front and centre of the Universities Accord. But it means more than just increasing ‘bums on seats’ in higher education.
Education Minister Jason Clare (centre) in a meeting with Universities Accord review panel chair Mary O'Kane (right) and panel member Fiona Nash (left) in November 2022.
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The 400-page report is the first broad review of Australian higher education since 2008. It contains 47 recommendations covering ground from course fees, to funding and support for students.
Jim Simons and his wife, Marilyn Hawrys Simons, made a historic gift to Stony Brook University in 2023.
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We all need to understand that ranking is not objective and true. University rankings are massively overvalued, and reinforce global, regional and national inequalities.
Assessment practices that put students at the centre could make education more equitable.
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About two-thirds of students admit to plagiarizing material. Faculty are expected to know better, but they do it, too. How should universities respond?
Billionaire investor and Harvard alum Bill Ackman has voiced his objections to the school’s current president.
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Threats from disappointed donors over the language used during campus protests about the Israel-Hamas conflict have become angrier and more public than in the past.
We uncovered some significant and often devastating insights into how young Australians – particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds – have experienced the ‘push’ towards university.
A KKK rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Sept. 21, 1923.
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The author of a new book on affirmative action in higher education discusses how colleges might still be able to become more diverse now that affirmative action has been banned.
Employment prospects are greatly enhanced for students with developmental delays if they acquired postsecondary education.
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Politicians talk about how they want to see more Indigenous graduates but we don’t often hear from Indigenous students about their experiences. New research talks to four young Indigenous men.
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