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Peter Mellow
February 2, 2016 4:33 PM
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Troubled times call for strong leaders – so with tough challenges ahead, higher education needs to be looking forward
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Peter Mellow
September 14, 3:09 AM
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Adelaide University touts ‘rich digital learning activities’ that will be ‘self-paced and self-directed’ after student numbers on campus decline
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Peter Mellow
August 25, 8:55 PM
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Republican Florida governor’s attack on universities suffers twin embarrassments of book dump and spending scandal
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from Hospitals and Healthcare
August 6, 9:28 PM
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Michael Bloomberg’s organization Bloomberg Philanthropies is announcing a $600 million gift to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools.
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Peter Mellow
August 3, 3:28 AM
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A prominent edtech company, 2U, filed for bankruptcy. Does that signal the downfall of for-profit companies running college’s online programs?
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Peter Mellow
July 29, 7:00 PM
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Academics say universities have turned a blind eye to language shortcomings because of the revenue generated from international student fees
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July 25, 8:29 PM
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Maryland-based 2U, one of the nation’s largest online education companies, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is being taken private after years of explosive growth and debt.
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Peter Mellow
July 18, 6:00 PM
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Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh
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Peter Mellow
July 6, 7:40 PM
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Human rights experts have raised concerns over Melbourne University’s use of tracking technology to identify students staging a pro-Palestinian sit-in on campus.
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July 4, 7:24 PM
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The decision allows students who paid the University of Farmington, which was set up by the government to root out visa fraud, to sue to recoup their payments.
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Peter Mellow
July 3, 6:32 PM
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I leave with doubts and foreboding that I would not have anticipated when I completed my formal education in 1982.
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Peter Mellow
June 30, 7:29 PM
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Shielding students from discrimination matters. So does preserving academic freedom.
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Peter Mellow
June 18, 10:18 PM
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Female teachers in Australia are reporting horrific cases of misogyny in schools - with increasing reports of teenage boys hurling abuse, threatening violence or simply ignoring or disobeying women in class.
It's called the Andrew Tate effect - after the so-called "manfluencer". But, what impact is it having on women's choices to become teachers? And how can we effectively connect with these young men to cut through to them?
Guest:Bec Sparrow, host of the ABC podcast Parental as Anything Teens
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Peter Mellow
September 16, 7:15 PM
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Premier Jacinta Allan has announced a $5 million fund for offshore education while in Delhi, where she is spruiking Victoria’s relationship with India.
Sydney University was forced to close semester two orientation stalls when it discovered they were infiltrated by cheating providers.
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Peter Mellow
August 8, 7:10 PM
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A statewide survey found just three-in-10 educators envisage staying in the public school system until retirement, with 40 per cent already eyeing the exit.
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Peter Mellow
August 6, 7:27 PM
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Successive federal governments have engineered a kind of backdoor privatisation of our universities. It’s a race to the bottom.
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from The Student Voice
July 31, 7:35 PM
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There are fears that failing to correct students' sexist behaviour towards teachers in secondary schools is "further fostering a culture of disrespect and harassment" in society.
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Peter Mellow
July 26, 7:57 PM
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Doctoral students are an important part of New Zealand’s future knowledge economy. But funding challenges and decades of benign neglect have left the research sector struggling.
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Peter Mellow
July 18, 6:58 PM
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The Hecs/Help scheme was not designed so people making a regular wage remained in debt until death, expert says
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Peter Mellow
July 8, 6:44 PM
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The donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies also will expand financial aid for nursing, public health and all graduate programs
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Peter Mellow
July 5, 10:23 PM
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The for-profit private school is looking to the inner west, Sutherland Shire and lower northern beaches named as potential sites for expansion.
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from The Student Voice
July 3, 6:42 PM
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Female teachers are being sworn at, sexually harassed and physically threatened in high schools by male students. They say young men are bringing the misogynistic ideas of Andrew Tate and other online influencers into the classroom.
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Peter Mellow
July 2, 6:49 PM
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The Australian Business Council argues capping foreign student numbers could “irreparably damage” the higher education sector and even hit supermarkets.
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Peter Mellow
June 23, 3:56 AM
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Universities require a culture of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement.
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Peter Mellow
June 16, 12:14 AM
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Freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace schooling for all.
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