Morton Schapiro: sacking fears ‘silence US university leaders’
Northwestern head says declining terms of presidents leave serving leaders wondering when they will be pushed out
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Want to bring your teaching to life? Take your students for a little walk
University campuses are microcosms of the universe and offer multiple opportunities to put abstract theory into action, says Peter Harper
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Can mapping curricula shed light on teaching and academic impact?
Columbia University project reveals which texts are set most often on university courses around the world
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Minority students ‘may be penalised’ by learning analytics shift
Universities split over whether data on achievement and engagement should be used to encourage learners to switch majors
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Australia resurrects master’s degrees for PhD preparation
‘Macquarie model’ credited with cutting attrition and accelerating completion, and is now being emulated elsewhere
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The gao kao’s efforts to level the admissions playing field are showing the strain
Ongoing efforts to iron out regional anomalies are creating as many problems as they solve, says Ceren Ergenc
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Melbourne focuses on ‘shared challenges’ in India strategy
Top Australian university to boost collaboration with India and Indonesia as China concerns wrack sector
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Researchers struggle to defend web against ‘deepfake’ videos
Academics are wary of directly verifying whether videos are faked, and warn they need social media companies to cooperate
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It’s time we replace our obsession with exclusivity with a commitment to inclusivity
The responsibility for building an inclusive campus climate rests squarely on academic staff, administrators – and funders, says David Asai
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Canadian university baulks on huge tuition hike for rejects
Massive fee for those narrowly missing acceptance seen as warning of abandoned principles
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TNE providers need more transparency in publisher licensing
Universities should be able to offer the same access to content to transnational students as to those studying a degree in the UK, argues Greg Ince
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North American professors slow to embrace sharing research data
As academics fault journals on open access, data suggests significant responsibility also lies with professors
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Australia Universities Forum: Domestic students feel more isolated than foreign learners says v-c
International students feel “at home” while locals feel left out on outsized Australian campus, says Michael Spence
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Top universities replace UK school-leavers with foreign students
Non-European Union recruitment likely to widen resources gap between elite and rest of sector
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There has been an uprising in Arab higher education
New figures suggest steep rises in university participation rate in several Middle-Eastern countries, say Justin D. Martin and Fouad Hassan