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Applications for student visas are also at record levels, according to the latest data.
The subject of death can be a difficult one to broach.
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Views on death and the afterlife vary from person to person and culture to culture. This course gives US Air Force cadets a broad perspective on mortality and its effects on people and society.
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Students reported being less stressed about deadlines, but some staff worry no due dates will increase their workloads.
Numerous rap songs criticize the Reagan administration for its complicity in the illicit drug trade.
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Ronald Reagan may have been known as ‘The Great Communicator,’ but rap artists don’t view his legacy through such rose-colored glasses. A professor of Black studies and history takes a closer look.
Programs that offer college in prison are becoming more prevalent.
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The author of a book collecting the experiences of college professors who teach in prisons explains how they are changed by the experience.
Do students’ views of people with different beliefs really change on campus?
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College can be a time to interact with people with different worldviews, but meaningful exchanges often require intent.
According to INSEE, 68% of the wage gap between men and women is due to the fact that they do not occupy the same positions, which is directly related to the field they choose.
Region-level data from France indicate that some masters-level specialities dominated by women have low levels of remuneration once in employment.
Graduation is less likely for students at less selective schools.
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America’s selective colleges and universities become less diverse if the Supreme Court shoots down affirmative action in higher education, an expert on the subject warns.
A good supervisor can help PhD students through the process.
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A good supervisor can make all the difference for a PhD candidate on their tough academic journey.
A group of recent university graduates in Nigeria.
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Nigeria’s lecturers’ strike raises fundamental questions about how Nigerian universities are run and funded.
The ‘othering’ of women through misogyny, racism and sexism in scholarship has had, and continues to have, serious consequences on women’s lives.
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Women’s studies programs should continue to be supported to ensure the fight for women’s rights are not reversed or forgotten.
Participants at a Paris-Saclay workshop on educational innovation work on ideas for teaching in a forest.
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To think about new ways of transmitting science and to really innovate how we teach, the first step is creating an appropriate dialogue format. From there, everything becomes possible.
A student wears virtual reality goggles and headphones as part of a digital learning experience.
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There are benefits to taking college classes in the metaverse, but there are also potential problems.
Colleges must notify students when they get in trouble with accreditors.
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Colleges must notify students when the school is placed on probation by its accrediting agency. Do students respond by staying away?
Students who are career-driven tend to do better academically.
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College students who are focused on career goals and personal growth – and growth for others – tend to fare better academically, new research finds.
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Higher fees might well be the best option.
By some estimates only 5% of the world’s languages are likely to survive online.
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Multilingual teaching was a challenge under emergency remote learning conditions: computer systems weren’t adapted to indigenous languages.
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We hear the term ‘skills shortages’ all the time in media and policy debates. But what skills do we need, and more importantly, how do we get them?
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The annual Student Experience Survey is a litmus test of student engagement, satisfaction and educational quality. But the survey’s categories of study no longer match the post-COVID experience.
Colleges are offering more virtual reality experiences as they become ‘metaversities.’
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Sitting in the front row of a lecture hall could become obsolete as more colleges and universities enter the metaverse.