A study of more than 750,000 student records from four Toronto universities finds that living in residence is linked to better grades and higher satisfaction, especially for first-year students.
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Rural students face extra challenges.
About one in four international students were in severe financial stress just before COVID hit, and soaring rents and record low vacancies are likely to make their plight even worse now.
Submissions from students and parents to a select committee inquiry suggest the student accommodation sector is overdue for tougher regulation.
The residential hall for international and local university students equipped them for a globalised world, more than anything they could learn in a class.
Australia has student accommodation with nearly 100,000 beds, many now empty. The large purpose-built student housing facilities are well suited for quarantining returning international students.
Australia is currently experiencing one of the largest booms in international student enrolments, which needs to be sustainable if we’re going to continue to benefit economically.
With the impasse between South African universities and students over free higher education a forum has been set up to look at possible reforms.
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Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Head of Development, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
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Professor of Sociology, Macquarie University
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Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, University of Johannesburg
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Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, University of Leeds
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Research Assistant, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Dean, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Assistant Professor, Real Estate Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Architecture and Urbanism Researcher, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University