By . Radio National’s Background Briefing recently presented a grim academic tale of identity theft, shambolic conferences, exploitation, sham peer review and pseudoscience. More...By and . The latest Selected Higher Education Statistics have revealed an increase in student attrition, or the percentage of students commencing in 2013 who neither completed nor re-enrolled in 2014. More...By . Financial literacy in Australian is low, particularly so in those under 25 years of age. What might be surprising is that it is low even among university students. More...By . More than one million people travelled from around the world to study at American universities in the 2013 - 2014 academic year. By contrast, just under 300 000 Americans enrolled to study abroad. More...By . South Africa’s universities attract tens of thousands of students each year from the rest of the African continent and the world. Others enrol for distance learning courses with South African institutions. More...By and . There is a rich crop of African-born academics in North America. In both Canada and the US, those born in Africa enjoy higher levels of education than locals or those from elsewhere in the world. More...By . Teacher preparation programmes at many of South Africa’s universities are failing to produce graduates with the right skills to tackle the country’s literacy challenges. More...By and . It should come as no surprise that many students do not feel valued in institutional spaces. There has been a great deal of research in the past two decades about discrimination and institutional culture at South African universities. It is becoming increasingly clear that attempts by institutions to understand and address these issues have been superficial and frequently too defensive. More...By . University curricula in South Africa are still largely European or American in origin and focus. In some spaces, though, academics are starting to shift the terrain by introducing an African-centred curriculum. More...By and . Young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex are more likely to hide their sexual orientation until they graduate from high school and leave home to study at university or other institutions. In most African countries, these institutions are invariably located in urban centres. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
