Learning is not a spectator sport. Students need to make what they learn a part of their everyday lives. Tutorials are an excellent way to achieve this at university level. When they’re properly designed, tutorials can be spaces where students are grouped in smaller numbers and can be guided to make sense of the work, practice […] … learn more→
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South African universities shouldn’t be playing the global rankings game
Once again, Times Higher Education’s annual global university rankingshave drawn a lot of attention from the media and in the higher education sector. In South Africa, this has focused on the four institutions from the country that made the top 500 on the 2019 list. Of the four, the University of KwaZulu-Natal maintained its 2018 ranking. […] … learn more→
I have an exam tomorrow but don’t feel prepared – what should I do?
You have an exam tomorrow and you’re not feeling prepared. With only a few waking hours to go, how is it best you spend your time? To pass tomorrow’s exam, cramming might help you write more on the paper than you would have without doing any form of study, depending on how stressed out you […] … learn more→
Thinking about borrowing against your home to send your kids to college? Think again
When the time comes to send their children off to college, many parents in the U.S. take out loans, draw from savings and earnings and – as some financial advisors recommend – borrow against their homes. In a study we published earlier this year, we found a hidden danger that parents face when they borrow heavily to […] … learn more→
Get woke, go broke…leftist School loses most of its students
When a school, or any organization, gets taken over by Leftist lunacy, it is called “convergence,” where all thought now is focused into their belief system. Their own word for this is “woke,” in other words they are now awake to the “fact” that everything is RACIST, that gender politics is everything, that, quite literally, […] … learn more→
The ethics of conference speakers
In March 2018 Stanford University in California held a two-day conference in applied history. There were 30 speakers. Every single one was male and white. Like most academic fields, applied history is dominated by white men. However, there are also many women and people of colour who work and study within the discipline. No doubt there […] … learn more→
The wildcard of examination
Without being too dramatic or self-pitying, it would be fair to say that I have endured more than my fair share of challenges during my PhD candidature. Along the way, I lost two supervisors, was hospitalised three times, and was made redundant from my work role just prior to finalising a full draft of the […] … learn more→
Mainstream rag asks why College is expensive…has no clue.
There is a huge problem brewing in this country: student loan debt. Some 44,000,000 people have this kind of debt (minimum, there are many accounting tricks to make this number appear lower than it is), and for many it’s so large that they’ll never be able to pay it back. They can’t get rid of […] … learn more→
How do colleges use affirmative action? Even some activists don’t understand
When it comes to the ongoing debate over affirmative action in U.S. college admissions, both opponents and supporters among Asian-Americans have plenty to say. The problem is what people say about race-conscious affirmative action in higher education in the U.S. often doesn’t match how it is actually practiced. I’m a scholar who specializes in Asian-Americans and […] … learn more→
7 ways to pay for College without taking out Federal student loans
There are plenty of reasons why you would want to avoid taking out Federal student loans. Here are 7 alternative ways to pay for college. The idea that will have to spend decades paying for their college education is a concept many students can’t wrap their mind around. More and more students are refusing to […] … learn more→
