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A scholar and former college dean explains why higher education’s reliance on majors to measure academic quality may be an outdated approach.
Global rankings are compelling and prestigious. But they don’t necessarily tell students what it is like to study at a particular university.
Since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the ensuing war, some Jewish students have been vocal about support for Israel or for Palestinians. But many more have views that don’t fit into ‘either/or’ categories.
Simply setting rules around using AI is not enough. To ensure assessments are valid and fair, unis and teachers need to change the task itself.
US universities are the envy of the world, but Trump’s Harvard confrontation threatens their dominance.
In the 1930s, when iconic vet James Herriot was practicing, almost all vets were male.
Researchers developed an educational chatbot to help law students and save time. But the AI kept giving inaccurate, misleading and even incorrect feedback.
In an uncertain world, Australia is spending about 1.7% of its Gross Domestic Product on research and development. The OECD average is 2.7%.
The elite university sued the Trump administration after the government revoked its ability to enroll international students.
Higher education is about more than just income.
The rise of nationalist politics is important, but so is higher education reform.
The old promise that hard work will lead to a good job and a fair wage no longer seems to apply.
The Trump administration has clashed with elite private universities and threatened to pull their funding. But most college students don’t attend these institutions.
A survey of graduate students found that California and New York are the most desirable destinations. Over half of survey-takers said they’d be unwilling to move to Alabama, Mississippi or Arkansas.
If you’re among the 3 million Australians with a HECS-HELP debt, it’s about to be cut by 20%, with no repayments until you earn $67,000. But there is one downside.
Student visa holders face high levels of vetting and monitoring. Escalating those protocols will redirect students to other countries and weaken US global leadership, a scholar argues.
Donor-imposed restrictions keep colleges and universities from freely determining how and when to spend a large share of their endowment funds.
The problem is that costs – especially the costs to faculty – often go ignored.
When used as an abbreviation, DEI’s role in tackling racism and bias becomes susceptible to political manipulation and dismantling.
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Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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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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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of International Higher Education, UCL
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Professor of Higher Education, The Ohio State University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Lecturer, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle
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Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University
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Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
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Vice Provost for Global Engagement, University of Maryland, Baltimore County