Students should know that a key part of the value of their undergraduate degree lies in taking advantage of all the opportunities for learning that universities offer.
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Encouraging men to take the risk of expressing tender feelings for others is part of relying on love as a tool of anti-racist and decolonial education.
Local governments have far too often been let off the hook for approaches that discreetly limit where students may live.
Kenya’s budgetary allocation misses opportunities to improve basic education and address unemployment.
Globally, mothers’ educational status has a greater influence over the level of education their children attain today than was the case for people born mid-century.
Many genocide classes review the Holocaust or Cambodia’s Killing Fields. A scholar wanted to show that genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing still happen today.
Seeing grit as a panacea among historically disadvantaged students can be a dangerous distraction from other barriers to student retention.
Four-fifths of the first-generation Turkish men who came to Europe as guest-workers and ended up settling there lived below an income poverty line.
Universities should look to democratic innovations seen in society like ‘mini publics’ where citizens deliberate about critical issues in representative forums.
Creating more universities in Nigeria has serious implications for quality of graduates.
Australian media have and do unfairly report on Indigenous affairs and toxic environments are leading to fewer First Nations journalists. Should universities put cultural safety in journalism courses?
The level of education of the political class is not the key to progress.
An analysis of international relations syllabi shows race and gender studies are barely mentioned.
If Labor could harness the uni-educated urban vote in Australia the way the Liberals have in Canada, they would more easily win federal elections.
The pandemic has made universities rethink the importance of helping students build social and mentoring connections to support student engagement and academic success.
At best, when universities differentiate and specialise it can marshal talent and sharpen their focus. At worst. though, this debate can present universities with a false dilemma.
It has been an uphill battle to make the case for Black studies courses and programs in Canadian universities.
The government’s race report suggests ethnic minority graduates gain less from university because of poor course choices. Our findings show that’s not quite true.
Canada should invest robustly in students’ post-secondary education. Data about effects of the pandemic and how students balance classes and work show why we urgently need this investment.
The implications of the government’s announcement are about more than incentivising the career trajectories of students. They are a direct assault on the premise of universities.
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Leadership and School Transformation, School of Education, University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing, Department of Philosophy, University of Wyoming
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Professor, Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
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Naomi S. Baron is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
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Professor of Philosophy of Science, Durham University
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Professor of English Language Teaching and Literacy Development, Rhodes University
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Professor, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University
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Assistant Professor, International Studies, University of Canberra
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PhD Candidate, University of Canberra
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GP and Clinical Skills Educator, Griffith University
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Professor of History, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Business and Society, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
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Academic Lead, Ethics and Professional Practice, Griffith University
