Equity has been front and centre of the Universities Accord. But it means more than just increasing ‘bums on seats’ in higher education.
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The judgment will also benefit spouses in Muslim marriages, which were legally recognised in a 2022 Constitutional Court judgment.
Parents in a study about the accessibility of French immersion programs discussed inadequate support for learning to read and feeling pressured to pay for expensive tutors.
Assessment is involved in many of the challenges facing higher education.
The economic, civic and intellectual ends of a university education do not need to be placed in opposition to one another. A university education at its best will be attentive to all these ends.
Sports researchers learned that conservative political leanings among state legislators lead to biases against transgender athletes among voters.
Workplaces committed to diversity and inclusion need to ensure they don’t overlook the importance of addressing mental health concerns.
Diversity programs benefit schools and students in multiple ways, research shows.
Policies that foster diversity, equity and inclusion have been shown to have many positive operational impacts − including leading to more worker engagement.
Middle-aged people in equatorial regions have lived through the most perceptible warming in their lifetimes. But many others may experience unrecognisable changes in their local climate later in life.
I’m an economist – but I can see many reasons for Australians to distrust my profession. Here’s how we could start to make economists better serve all Australians.
The media storm that is building on equity work after the death of a Toronto school principal will test Canadians’ commitment to doing the work needed to be done to address racism.
The Universities Accord wants to make sure ‘talented people’ do not miss out on getting ‘life-changing qualifications’. This is where enabling programs can help.
While positive change has been seen, especially surrounding this year’s Women’s World Cup, there is still much work to be done by organizations governing women’s professional sports.
On Wednesday, Education Minister Jason Clare released a much-anticipated report on universities.
Making study materials free could potentially allow students to take multiple units from different universities. It would also make higher education much more accessible.
Budget 2023 included a ‘gender snapshot’ to account for the ways investment priorities affect women differently from men. More effective, efficient and equitable, it also makes good economic sense.
Decades of research shows how the higher education system has failed to give Australians a “fair go”. How can we move from good intentions to long-overdue change?
School choice already abounds in Ontario. Adding charter schooling in the name of ‘choice’ won’t help student achievement.
Breaking the cycle of poverty for future generations requires talking about it with children now, and helping them understand the causes of economic inequality.
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Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Teaching and Leadership, University of North Dakota
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Lecturer, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education, Ontario Institute, University of Toronto
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Special Adviser to the President, EDID (Curriculum Transformation) and Professor, School of Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Educational Studies, University of Alabama
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Adjunct Lecturer in Urban Studies, The New School
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Health Policy and Systems Researcher, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Professor of Education Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economic Geography, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Health Equity, Stretton Health Equity, School of Public Health, Adelaide University
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Professor of Economics, RMIT University