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An expert weighs in on how colleges can lower their chances of being hit by surges of COVID-19 cases after spring break 2022.
Faculty in a cross-country survey recommended modifying metrics used to gauge productivity to account for the differential impacts of the pandemic on women and racialized faculty.
Many Indonesian women want to pursue higher education, but structural barriers remain.
After 50 years as a university teacher, researcher and student, Raewyn Connell wrote a book, The Good University. Today, universities face a more toxic set of challenges than she has ever seen before.
Community college students reveal some of the top reasons why they leave school without a degree.
Having international students in Australia gives us a head start in the global race to attract skilled migrants. COVID border closures that halved their numbers could have very long-term costs.
Higher education should promote independent thinking.
Research on the experience of Indian international students shows the importance of strong social networks for a productive and fulfilling time in Australia.
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.
A study asked university teachers to share some of their students’ anonymous survey feedback. The results reveal insults and hate speech many lecturers deal with each year.
The face of Africa’s educational high-achievers is changing.
Open education resource platforms improve access to education and are globalising education on a scale never seen before.
People who struggle with numbers are also likely to struggle in life, new research shows.
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.
Since the pandemic began university decision-making has become more student-centred in response to students’ demands for flexibility.
The US has a growing demand for nurses. Yet nursing schools are turning away many qualified candidates.
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.
At the last election, Labor and the Coalition offered very different policies on university funding. Not so this time round, but the current flawed funding system could be improved further.
There is a strong chance that the needs of students with disabilities may be overlooked.
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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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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Higher Education, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
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Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University
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Executive Producer, Social and Political Sciences Program, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Director Student Experience, Monash University
