Chinese will not replace English as academia’s lingua franca
Despite China’s rise, even the country’s government recognises that English usage is irrevocable, say Philip Altbach and Gerard Postiglione
Despite China’s rise, even the country’s government recognises that English usage is irrevocable, say Philip Altbach and Gerard Postiglione
If Jordan Peterson and his ilk think business schools have been taken over by a Marxist mob, they clearly haven’t been in one recently, says Carl Rhodes
UK higher education is in robust shape, but it must be willing to build multiple bridges in 2022, says David Bell
Amid a recognition of numerous threats, leaders remain convinced that their institutions will be OK
New Zealand’s embrace of Māori vocabulary goes hand-in-hand with the incorporation of Māori understandings into curricula. But is a debate about the unintended consequences of this move being stifled...
Any move to limit higher education participation would be judged against policies of rival advanced economies – and by public opinion
Faculty must draw on abilities they have developed in the classroom to steer administrators in the right direction, says Karen Spierling
The pandemic has accelerated numerous experiments in assessment for the digital age, moving beyond simple knowledge recall. But is the traditional exam really obsolete? As the dust settles on another...
Chinese students bring benefits but universities are too reliant on them and Canberra should ‘take a harder line’, respondents say
This swift transformation highlights who among our students we think are worthy of learning and who we choose to leave behind, says Clare Mullaney
Amid geopolitical and research power shifts, the world will be watching to see whether leaders can learn from the mistakes and triumphs of 2020
Universities’ wariness of online instruction was suddenly swept aside last year by Covid-19. But how successful has the overnight digital transition been? Is it sustainable? And should it be? Paul...
The normalisation of burning out should no longer be accepted, say academics who have experienced it, particularly with coronavirus exacerbating the problem
Nick Hillman assesses the arguments for and against banning certain speakers from campuses
Universities must learn how to handle the medical, sociological and academic fallout of global emergencies like the coronavirus, says Brian Wong