Gilmore Girls brought university life, including the student newspaper. to our screens.
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Colleges and universities are using therapy dogs as a low-cost way to improve their students’ mental health.
Western University students march during a walkout in support of sexual assault survivors, in London, Ont., on Sept. 17.
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Universities must take leadership in the fight to stop sexual and gender-based violence in first-year orientation week.
Tyson Foods is one of the companies that already said it would require workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Overlapping vaccine mandates at the federal, state and local levels aims to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans.
While Canadian universities are paying more attention to anti-racism and equity, more must be done to incorporate those values into the education students receive.
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Universities can ensure students in all disciplines are learning how to contribute to a world that they and future generations want to live in.
White folk aren’t ‘beyond race.’ Interrogating Black people’s pain at forums supposedly dedicated to undoing racism is part of the problem.
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White denialism of racism provokes a narrative of ‘us versus them.’ Self-reflection and listening are among the ways to be accountable for interrupting and eradicating racism.
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A capital funding squeeze led universities to seek new ways of developing their campuses. It now appears city CBDs and developers might do better out of those deals than universities.
It is the work of social scientists to understand how societies operate and, based on that knowledge, how populations can apply evidence-based solutions to the challenges of the 21st century.
International student demand for places in Australia has fallen by a third over the course of the pandemic, while for our key competitors demand has remained stable or even increased.
Digital technology and COVID-19 have transformed the ways universities are delivering courses. But some are taking a minimalist low-cost approach, while others are aiming higher.
Finances are a significant barrier to post-secondary education for people raised in care.
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Education is a key to health, economic and social outcomes. So why don’t we make it easier for former youth in care to access post-secondary education?
As a teacher, an academic cannot use freedom of speech to say something that may directly demean or intimidate a student. But as a researcher, they must have the freedom to pursue the truth.
Kenya’s universities face huge challenges going digital.
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Recent allegations of cheating by university students in online exams suggest the students are adapting faster than the education system itself – and that should change.
Around 100,000 LGBTQ students study at religious institutions in the US.
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Around 100,000 LGBTQ US students study at religious institutions that can legally discriminate against them. A lawsuit seeks to end that religious exemption but faces an uphill struggle.
Weighing unrestricted expression against fostering a tolerant public sphere will test the fundamental freedoms we cherish in our democratic society.
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The Job-Ready Graduates policy aims to remove ‘the misalignment between the cost of teaching a degree and the revenue that a university receives to teach it’. But new research challenges its costings.
At best, when universities differentiate and specialise it can marshal talent and sharpen their focus. At worst. though, this debate can present universities with a false dilemma.