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Essay on Higher Education

5 hours ago ago from Education Papers: Education Essays, Term Papers on Education, Education Research Paper Help

The cost of higher education within Australia is a contentious issue for all concerned. Proposed changes by the current government are looking at bringing tertiary education closer to a ‘user-pays’ situation. This is designed to make the system of higher education more viable and sustainable. It is an idea that has a solid base and is attractive to many people. However, by shifting the cost of education away from the taxpayer and onto the ...

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Lord Mandelson, Destroyer of UK Higher Ed?

8 hours ago ago from International Political Economy Zone

For those unfamiliar with him, the only thing you really need to know about Peter Mandelson is that you don't $%^& [ insert expletive of your choice ] with Peter Mandelson. This New Labour architect has long been known as the "Prince of Darkness" for his ability to quash opponents with ease for three--now going on four--decades. Cartoonists love a character [ see picture ], and few outdo him. Longtime readers will recall that I noted his ...

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Universities must again become hubs of research

19 hours ago ago from Study In India

Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission, and Technology Advisor to the Prime Minister NEW DELHI: Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission, and Technology Advisor to the Prime Minister, was associated with the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in the 1980s. In an exclusive interview with IGNOU's fortnightly newsletter `Open Letter', he spoke about how the university can harness new education ...

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UK universities facing cuts

20 hours ago ago from University Blog

It was always clear that the recent experience of Irish universities of significant cuts in the light of the economic downturn was also going to be a feature of British higher education funding. Yesterday the UK's Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, Lord Mandelson (whose remit covers higher education), wrote the annual grant letter , which is a letter by the Secretary of State to the English funding council (Scotland, Wales ...

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Discipline and Professionalism

18 hours ago ago from Perverse Egalitarianism

I think Mikhail posted something about this a while back, but I just came across this update and thought I'd post it here.  It appears that a judge ruled that faculty at public colleges and universities don't have any protection under the first amendment when criticizing administrators and the administration.  Yikes. A bitter dispute over a tenured professor fired by Idaho State University has become the latest case in which a court has ...

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