Colleges and universities are spending more than ever to land the nation’s top football recruits, with some schools having boosted their recruiting budgets by more than 300% in the last five years. These budgets can surpass US$2 million for schools like the University of Tennessee. Is it worth it? I study economics. Research I recently did shows just how big the […] … learn more→

Several Australian universities (Australian National University, Swinburne and the University of Western Australia) have announced they will accept students based on their year 11 results. The rationale is that the disrupted 2020 year will affect year 12 results. So, it’s fairer to use their results from last year. It’s clear finishing school in the midst of a global pandemic […] … learn more→

It may be odd to criticise the creation of Africa’s first transportation university. After all, who could object to an institution that will train thousands of railway and infrastructure engineers once it opens next year, particularly as it is funded by $50 million (£38 million) of Chinese money? However, once you know that the University […] … learn more→

Amid the failures of traditional politics, the world has seen the emergence of a“deliberative wave”.Ordinary people are being selected by lottery to take part in citizens’ assemblies, citizens’ juries and other “mini-publics”. The Irish Citizens’ Assembly in 2018, which led to liberalisation in the constitutional status of abortion, is one prominent example, although a variety […] … learn more→

The Fulbright Scholar Program was the brainchild of Senator J. William Fulbright who, based on his experiences in the Second World War, proposed a bilateral international exchange programme for US and foreign scholars. Ambitious in its aspirations, the Fulbright Program was conceived as one of the best ways to build a more peaceful world and […] … learn more→

With continued uncertainty about the trajectory of Covid-19, there are four basic questions facing higher education leadership teams as they plan for the next academic year: will we open? If we do, who will come? How will we be financially? And how long will this last? Will we be open? Ideally, yes. But what “open” […] … learn more→

1. Create your own virtual internships While a poll of 283 employers recruiting on college campuses found that 16% have revoked internship offers, the poll also found that nearly 40% of employers have moved to a virtual internship program. Although employers moving online means there is no office to go to anymore, this can open up […] … learn more→

1. Empathize Whatever feelings of grief and fear are affecting you are also affecting your college students. Put yourself in their shoes – they are probably under just as much stress, if not more, as they try to complete the semester in unexpected ways. Also, many students might be questioning their decisions to go to college in […] … learn more→

Providing swift and useful feedback to students was a major challenge for academics long before Covid-19 upended higher education across the world. But the pivot to online teaching and assessment in recent months has underlined just how difficult this vital, but time-consuming, task has become. So is it time to reconsider the paradigm of teacher-student […] … learn more→

The university sector faces cumulative losses of up to A$19 billion over the next three years due to lost international student revenue. Modelling from the Mitchell Institute shows the next big hit will come mid-year when $2 billion in annual tuition fees is wiped from the sector as international students are unable to travel to Australia to […] … learn more→