Universities
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From the archives: When grade distribution still needs a bit of a boost then there is usually no difficulty in finding some basis for extra marks in the thick pile of special-consideration forms sitting on the academic’s desk. The pressure to erode standards is even greater where full-fee-paying overseas students are involved
August 8, 2024
10 mins
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In 1960, around 5 per cent of 18-year-olds attended university; now it is approaching 50 per cent. Such figures are trumpeted by vice-chancellors, but no one pauses to reflect on what such an influx does to the quality of teaching and learning. Without public accountability in regard to this and so many other campus matters, as Salvatore Babones writes in 'Australian Universities: Can They Reform?', the damage can only expand
April 22, 2022
14 mins
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Every year sees campus feminists ramp up the pressure on administrators to 'believe the victim', which invariably means the presumption of guilt is hung around the necks of young men who are then denied open, fair and unbiased hearings. With craven university administrators keen to get activists off their backs, more young men will be chewed up and spat out, their lives and plans ruined
September 15, 2021
8 mins
The latest
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The humanities are in crisis, as readers of Quadrant will […]
September 30, 2020
19 mins
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There would be no University of Sydney without men like the hacked and hounded professor, and there would be no Australia without the Western civilisation he defends. Both the University of Sydney and Australia could get along just fine without Socialist Alternative and its idea of Friday afternoon sport
December 10, 2014
12 mins
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I took a liberal arts degree a long time ago […]
June 1, 2013
8 mins
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On the Purpose of a University Education edited by Luciano […]
June 1, 2013
8 mins
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Inspired by Philippa Martyr’s perceptive reflection on the grants industry […]
December 1, 2012
8 mins
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Recently we saw the loss of 1900 jobs from Fairfax […]
December 1, 2012
41 mins
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There has been a great deal of recent hand-wringing about […]
November 1, 2012
11 mins
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The position here on the character of higher education in […]
November 1, 2012
28 mins
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Part II: Race and the Nation in the Universities In […]
November 1, 2012
39 mins