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The current higher education review is hindered by a focus on 'productivity' and 'efficient investment'. Universities should be homes of knowledge whose graduates are more than just pegs to plug the holes in Australia's skills set.
Earlier this month, a federal parliamentary committee recommended that teachers should receive higher pay, as an incentive to attract quality recruits and to improve retention. But a new policy could undermine the collective quality of school education.
It is crucial that Australia increases its knowledge of Asia
The imposition on students of greater burdens for repayment when they leave university is likely to cause a drought in the number of graduates who will be prepared to work for community agencies and the public service.
Recent statements by government leaders accusing their own schools of ‘values neutral’ education demonstrate clearly how out of touch they are with teaching and learning in the nation’s classrooms.
The move to private education is not always what parents might hope.
Educator Tom Mann recalls his experiences of working with children in detention
Michael Furtado on public money and private schools.
It’s the best of jobs and the worst of jobs, and it’s time we all took it a lot more seriously.
Michele Gierck observes how education programs in Kenya are restoring hope for AIDS victims.
Don Gazzard visits the new academic centre at St Mary’s and Newman Colleges
Teachers need free speech in order to teach with authority
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