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One of the most eye-catching aspects of the recent Varsity Blues admissions scandal was that fake athletic profiles were created for students to hel
Five big trends, from stagnant student performance to declining faith in colleges.
When Nathan Schertz, a 21-year old student at Eureka College, hit some relationship troubles last year that distracted him from his studies, his grade
Barely 10 percent of doctoral degrees in the geosciences go to recipients of color. The lack of diversity limits the quality of research, many scientists say.
A new vocational course will help equip Liverpool’s future workforce with essential skills as plans get underway to create a world-class health and education precinct in the city centre.
TAFE NSW will deliver a Statement of Attainment in Medical Administration for 21 students from John Edmondson, Ashcroft and Miller high schools.
The course aims to create a pipeline of skilled workers with the anticipated growth of the city’s health and education sector.
Year 10 students will learn practical skills such as labelling specimen samples, ordering medical equipment, using a blood pressure machine and assessing patients in a new simulated medical surgery at TAFE NSW’s Liverpool campus.
With 85 per cent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 still yet to be invented, universities have a new focus on transferable skills and preparing students for rapid change.
Irina Dumitrescu’s tips for ‘upward toxicity’ was THE’s most-read article of 2019. But it doesn’t have to be this way, says John Tregoning
When Sandringham College introduced a school blazer this year, it symbolised a process its principal says has led to the school's best VCE result this year.
The season of goodwill is upon us once more. But in an era of hyper-competition, does academic kindness extend beyond passing round the nuts at the departmental Christmas party? Six scholars recount their own tales of collegiate benevolence
A Melbourne school for children with disabilities says its will soon lose funding for its support staff because of a financial stoush between the Victorian and Federal governments.
When Bianca Hackett's training college collapsed she was left with no diploma and thousands of dollars in debt. Finally she has some redress.
In the last six years the number of students graduating from coding bootcamps has reportedly increased 11-fold, to an estimated 23,043 in 2019
In 2012, the government of India stated that it would need to build 1,000 new universities and an astounding 50,000 new colleges by 2020 to mee
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Tracy Murray’s kindergarten classroom in New York City has a unique approach to supporting students on the spectrum.
Some universities are refocusing on engagement with the nation’s founding principles. It’s about time.
American universities need to show Beijing—again and again—that they reserve the right to unfettered debate.
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Has anyone else noticed that some of the new schools being built, including much-celebrated “schools of tomorrow” resemble Google headquarters, as well as each other?
Without ignoring that much of what differentiates one school from another takes place below the surface, the desire to make schools look like high-tech office spaces might be just the latest demonstration that education has historically followed and reflected—rather than led—technological, political and economic change.
For example, “Industrial Era” schools of the early 20th century were designed to reflect what constituted modernity during that period, such as fixed schedules and efficient factory, assembly-line production. They were also built on Progressive Era principles that embraced standardization and centralization, making such early-modern schools a major break from the highly decentralized, non-standard, one-room schoolhouses they replaced.
There’s strong pressure on universities to do something about spiralling student mental health problems, but what is best?
This school has battled some of the lowest attendance rates in WA but has turned the corner, with attendance up 11.2 per cent in just one year.
Government investment in vocational education and training has slumped to its lowest level in a decade, despite anticipated growth in employment in the sector.
A major investment in undergraduate support, close attention to data, and a shift in the way it allocates resources gave the University of Rhode Island a lot to celebrate.
The proposals floated by presidential candidates are nonsensical. There’s a better way.
About 500,000 high school students will soon graduate and among them are 20 young people from a college for disadvantaged kids in regional New South Wales. They say the school was their only chance.
Don’t let learning decay cripple your development efforts. These five approaches can help new skills become habitual.
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