How to open campuses – or not – is a test of university leadership
It’s a decision that must balance all the interests of the academic community and give the same benefits to students that a university education always has, says Alan Ruby
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How to have a memorable graduation ceremony at home
You may not be able to celebrate your college graduation in the traditional sense right now, but here are some ways you can still make it memorable at home
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The State in North Africa: After the Arab Uprisings, by Luis Martinez
Andrew Delatolla gets a clear overview of the Arab Spring’s effects on the relationships between government and society in the region
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Lori Loughlin pleads guilty in US admissions case
Actor and fashion designer husband accept months in prison over fraud in daughters’ USC admissions
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US publics face survival battle and reconnection with local mission
State institutions that survive crisis will face student influx and must prioritise ‘communities they were designed to serve’, experts say
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The world cannot afford any more global academic jamborees
Apart from the ecological degradation, the conference circuit is riven by socio-economic, class, race and gender divides, say Ambreena Manji and three others
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Pandemic ‘risks reversing’ Australia’s research gender equity gains
Women’s careers suffer as they pick up the pieces at work and home
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Call to avoid European HE funding cuts by ‘learning lessons of crash’
EUA policy expert warns against financially driven institutional mergers as solution in crisis
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‘End reliance on overseas fees’, Australian academics tell ministers
Activists campaign for less reliance on international education income, as government flags a ‘supervised’ reopening of borders
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America’s public universities are poised to lead in the post-pandemic world
The economic fallout of Covid-19 is an opportunity for public institutions to offer accessible and affordable education again, says Stephen Gavazzi
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Crisis recovery ‘will break UK’s discipline boundaries’
UK research will become more interdisciplinary and community-focused in wake of pandemic, academic leaders tell THE event
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Jordan coronavirus kit ‘shows fruits of boosting research’
If successfully validated and patented, viral extraction kit could help country to be self-sufficient in testing for virus, say researchers
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Average Australian v-c pay packet may top A$1m
While institutional accounts indicate that the average university boss could have pocketed seven-digit earnings last year, 2020 will be a different story
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Cambridge lectures will be online only next year
Meanwhile, the University of Bolton details plans to fully reopen in September, including use of temperature scanners
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Now is the time for global citizenship education to come of age
Maastricht University’s cross-syllabus approach could point the way forward, say Herco Fonteijn and Teun Dekker