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.
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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.
Those who don’t fit the model of typical ‘imagined students’ can lose out.
Some students who participated in a study of technology in the classroom believed instructors are at fault if students turn to technology when they are bored.
The way humanities disciplines are taught at many universities does not lend itself to ready engagement with a changed and changing world.
Medical students are practising invasive techniques on themselves and fellow students, a new study shows. But aside from obvious safety concerns, is there anything wrong with self-practice?
South Sudanese living in the ACT are facing racism when job seeking and can’t get employment in roles for which they have professional qualifications.
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