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For decades, higher education in developing countries has not been a priority for international aid donors. That is now changing.
As professors, we must look up from our cosy academic debates and hear the cries around us.
With an increasing percentage of adjunct faculty, tenure and academic freedom are way more complex and nuanced than we realize.
Far from replacing the humanities, business education can embody liberal education in the universities of the future.
Who is best placed to shape university teachers who are more than just technically proficient? The answer lies in academic development.
Competition has transformed universities, and as demand for places slows the fight for students will increase.
The internet is seen as a luxury item in many parts of Africa .
Gaining that required qualification to put on your CV is what counts to win a job in today’s “graduate economy”. On current trends, perhaps everyone will have a degree by the end of this century. Already…
The number of international students on American campuses has increased by 55%. Are they taking the place of American students ?
Reading bullet points off a screen doesn’t teach anyone anything.
The pursuit to get into the best colleges has taken out the joy of learning from students’ lives.
There’s plenty of hand-wringing about the humanities being in crisis – but is that actually the case? In Australia, the sector is thriving, and policy should be made on that basis.
Ban on affirmative action across eight states has led to a drop in minority students at medical schools.
The SNP do it differently and it killed the Lib Dems - supposedly. But when it comes to paying for higher education, the public has fewer qualms.
A push for Japanese higher education to be globally competitive is creating an identity crisis.
Scotland’s four ancient universities have come out against government proposals to reform the sector. Here the university principal behind the proposals defends his thinking.
No sooner had Ed unveiled his £6,000 tuition fees policy than Jim confirmed the Labour agenda was different in Scotland. It shows how entrenched the differences now are north and south of the border
Many universities see themselves as profit-motivated enterprises, but there are still a fair few people working in them who think teaching and learning ought to have different aims from those of business…
When McDonald’s came under sustained criticism from campaigners in the 1980s, the company responded by constructing a carefully crafted image of corporate social responsibility. It insisted that it cared…
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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