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I’m working currently on a book about why people choose college. In the course of the research, I’ve listened to hundreds of students tell their stor 
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Most foreign students do not come here on a mission from their governments. They come to learn - but there's much that Australia is failing to learn from them.
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A study has found children between the ages of 8 and 14 who take care of a family member with a drug addiction or mental illness aren't very happy at, and don't feel all that safe, at school.
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The performance of Melbourne and Sydney on this international platform speaks volumes for the position of the country as a study destination.
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Supporters of uncapped funding for university places say it has opened up the pathway to success to more young people from low socio-economic backgrounds. But the extra students have cost the federal budget an extra $3 billion a year.
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Students gain up to 4kg in their first year at university and all the junk food on campus doesn't help. Universities have a responsibility to make healthier foods available to students.
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Gone are the unhurried days when it was as much about social learning as it was about the academic kind.
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Hanging out with friends isn’t always the answer, but it’s more helpful than some think.
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The University of Toronto is using Donald Trump and Brexit to poach international students.
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Universities need to work with staff, students and the community to ensure their health policies are effective.
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Universities are turning to technology to try to make sure they don't mispronounce names at graduations.
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While student activists are away, legislators have transformed the fight over how free expression is regulated on public university campuses.
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Jim Dickinson argues that university initiatives intended to inform and prepare students for higher education are trying to do too much, too soon
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Australian universities have been accused of compromising standards, cosying up to foreign governments, and unintentionally creating national security problems.
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Fallout from the protests highlights China’s reach into foreign universities through cultural programs
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What does a good first outreach to a struggling student look like? I have a pretty good idea of what it shouldn’t look like. In my own freshman year of college, I was surrounded by affluent prep school graduates on a pretty campus in the middle of nowhere. For reasons lost to the sands of time, I decided it would be a good idea to try to study Russian. As longtime readers know, it did not go well.
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University enrolments surged from 2012-2017 due to demand driven funding. But they were would have risen anyway, perhaps just not as quickly.
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That decision left vulnerable students like Olivia Paregol in the dark.
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Tina Chan developed the kit after experiencing anxiety and depression while at university in Canada.
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Are SA pros supporting not just campus-based students, but the ever-rising tides of online learners?
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While international students do need baseline proficiency in English, they need support the whole way through their degrees to actually be successful.
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A new report finds that these students graduate from selective colleges at higher rates than first-time freshmen.
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Many students are struggling financially, according to a new Universities Australia survey conducted by University of Melbourne researchers.
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Impact of global financial crisis and increased supply of university-educated candidates puts 38% of graduates in part-time work
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