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The end of affirmative action will only cause students and parents to get even more creative about gaming college admissions.
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Stuff cuts are just the most visible aspect of critical problems within the modern university, as a new survey of academic workers reveals.
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No one should be made to feel like an “insider” or “outsider” depending on his or her views about abortion, drug legalization, or other contentious issues.
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Oxford Business College and others like it make millions, largely by recruiting immigrants. They operate in an opaque corner of the British education system.
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A group of leading Australian academics says universities must do more to create conditions for rigorous, informed discussion of unorthodox ideas.
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Prepare for long hours that far exceed your contracted workload. Leaving aside whether such a situation is even fair, it is bad for everyone
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Casual and sessional workers tell their stories of being underpaid and exploited by some of Australia’s most respected and prestigious institutions.
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Elected officials have pushed vocational programs at the expense of the liberal arts. That’s hurting America.
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Australian academic staff say online courses run by for-profit providers lead to distressing workloads and poor standards
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In the intervening years, the world and academia changed. Institutions today have lost sight of how to actually improve people’s lives, beyond incremental changes, Axten said. He hopes his persistence will inspire others to buck the trend in academia, and other career fields, of rushing through work and simply following a well-traveled path. “I’m 76, it’s a ridiculous age to be doing this. Think about the lesson that that leaves her with,” he said. “Keep at something, even if it takes you your whole life — it’ll pay off in the end.”
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Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that's a great thing
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Less than a quarter of Australia’s 39 universities are publishing information online about sexual violence reports and disclosures or disciplinary actions.
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Consultants are now deployed at enormous expense to help universities corporatise their operations. Young students have never paid so much for so little.
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It has become “sadly fashionable” to assume students will take out loans to pay higher education fees, but one university head admits he wouldn’t have paid the same price.
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Higher education risks becoming a cut-price assembly line. There’s a better way of producing good learning.
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The Fair Work Ombudsman has blamed “entrenched non-compliance” for underpayment and called for widespread changes to fix the university sector.
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Making study materials free could potentially allow students to take multiple units from different universities. It would also make higher education much more accessible.
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The growing number of temporary migrants in Australia is a by-product of the boom in international students.
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Exclusive: Cost-cutting, casualisation and ‘ridiculous’ teaching loads are taking a toll on tertiary institutions – and some academics are fighting back
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Otago University has followed Massey in aspiring to be a “Tiriti-led” institution. But this implies being on the Crown side of the partnership – which is not where a university should be.
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As courses go online, institutions are increasingly using external companies to deliver them, sparking concerns about quality and value for money
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Following Temple University's decision to undercut the efforts of its graduate students to secure better wages and health care, historian Heather Ann Thompson analyzes the ever-so-pertinent history of unions to highlight the importance of remembering our past to better shape our future.
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With the rise of the popular new chatbot ChatGPT, colleges are restructuring some courses and taking preventive measures.
Peter Mellow's insight:
"Colleges and universities have been reluctant to ban the new chatbot because administrators doubt the move would be effective."
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