With the pandemic-fuelled shift to online learning, many tertiary students now miss out on the social skills critical to real-world success. That could have implications for their degrees.
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The crisis in New Zealand universities is directly traceable to years of sustained underfunding and means they now lack vital research and development capacity.
Microcredentials are short courses in a specific area of study and are becoming more popular in universities. They offer quick study but may not be for everyone.
Making study materials free could potentially allow students to take multiple units from different universities. It would also make higher education much more accessible.
Our higher education system has served Australia well over the past 30 years. But it is not fit for the rapid pace of change the world will be see over the coming decades.
Many universities have adopted policy frameworks that outline language, principles and values to promote health and well-being in various ways.
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All instructors, regardless of the field, can promote mental health both by sharing specific resources and by designing accessible and flexible courses.
The idea a generalist degree just leads to over-qualified graduates serving coffee Reality Bites-style is not only wrong, it is a misguided understanding of what we need from graduates.
Volunteering for global health experience is a common way of gaining clinical observation experiences for medical school applicants. This, and other opportunities to get close to the practice of medicine, also have unintended consequences.
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A winning medical school application requires stories about observing clinical care. But applicants’ quests to get clinical experiences have unintended and surprisingly far-reaching consequences.
Claudine Gay will become Harvard’s second female president and first Black president in July 2023.
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Despite what’s happening on the most prestigious campuses, fewer than a third of presidents at American colleges and universities are women.
What does student feedback about technology reveal about the changing nature of post-secondary education and equitably supporting student development?
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Post-secondary student input about ChatGPT and other AI matters not only for accountability, but also as a savvy way to strategize about the future of higher education.
There is a dearth of women teaching at institutions of higher education in Ghana.
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