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A change to university funding is on the cards, but the Job-ready Graduates scheme is staying put for now.
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Students have now been protesting on Australian campuses for weeks. But as the camps become more established, so, too, do concerns about student safety.
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Divestment from Israel may violate state laws – at least for public institutions. Private universities with large endowments may face other obstacles.
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Aspiring business people and lawyers are taught how to work with China, but our future politicians, policymakers and journalists do not always receive the same practical instruction.
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Kenya’s university reforms are silent on government funding, which is the major source of their current financial challenges.
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Teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students may be eligible to receive $319.50 per week while on placements. But experts say more help is needed.
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The federal government has announced plans to change the way debts are indexed. But it may not help students over the long term.
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Half of romantically partnered Australians are coupled with people who don’t share their political views – particularly Generation Z and millennials. Why? Our expert has some ideas … and the figures.
A student is arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024.
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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, conservative activists led a counterattack against campus antiwar and civil rights demonstrators by demanding action from college presidents, the courts and the police.
Some colleges and universities have put race-based scholarships on hold.
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Legal rulings throw fate of special scholarships for ethnic minorities into doubt.
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The arrival of international students provides opportunities for intercultural exchange within UK universities.
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International varieties of English aren’t ‘wrong’ just because they differ from native speaker English.
The likelihood of graduating from college is linked to the type of college a student attends.
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Nearly half of all students who enroll in college never finish. Are colleges and universities to blame?
Cuts at Goldsmiths University in London could threaten up to half of departmental jobs in English, history, music, theatre and visual cultures.
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In the latest higher education funding freeze: sacrificing the arts for STEM subjects makes no sense.
Canceling people can harm democracy.
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Cancel culture leads to educational detriments that can harm democracy.
College athletes help generate billions of dollars in revenue through TV deals, but colleges aren’t allowed to compensate them for their fame.
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College athletes have made substantial progress in being able to get paid for the use of their name, image and likeness − except in one realm.
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Research finds international students value the opportunity to come and live in Australia over the academic prestige of our universities.
Some college students have gambled away their financial aid.
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The legalization and ease of online sports betting is fueling a rise in gambling disorders among young people.
Some colleges say the tests have multiple benefits.
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A few Ivy League schools say the tests enable them to find students of promise from low-income families. But not all sociologists agree.
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As the use of AI grows, so too will the advice clients seek on AI-related legal issues.