Higher education news, relevant to broad campus service delivery in Australia and New Zealand. Items outlined below are linked direct to article sources, and are presented here as reference information only.
General higher education news:
Peter Coaldrake wary of CMU record
The Australian
"South Australia's financial support for US-based Carnegie Mellon University's Adelaide campus is coming under fresh scrutiny with Universities Australia chairman Peter Coaldrake warning..."
Disadvantaged by official criteria
The Australian
" 'High risk, low impact' is the epitaph to abortive political strategy. It may also be the legacy of Labor's higher education revolution unless..."
Overseas student market at risk
The Australian
"The threat to universities from a significant downturn in international students is real and immigration needs to better refine its visa integrity."
Sector calls for government to kill visa bill
The Australian
"PhD candidate Umut Ozguc is afraid she will have to leave Australia under proposed visa changes."
Tertiary funding focus flawed
Stuff.co.nz
"As the vice-chancellor of Victoria University, I have the advantage of being able to see first-hand the potential of New Zealand's best and brightest. I also see first-hand..."
On track to deliver world-class tertiary learning for all
The Australian
"It is misleading to suggest the government has ignored Bradley's advice on higher education. The Rudd government was elected with an ambitious agenda and central to that agenda was our education revolution."
International higher education news:
Special exchange
The Standard - Hong Kong
"This year, 39 Hong Kong and 38 Australian students will be swapping countries as part of the Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong awards. The fund aims to promote educational exchange opportunities for students between Asia and Australia and to..."
Indian outreach has its problems
"Here's an idea for a vice-chancellor who likes to see the staff sweat: tell the director of student services to prepare for a partnership with the University of Pune in India, the one with more than one million students."
The Australian
Universities’ outside work pulls in £3bn
The Sunday Times - UK
"Record revenues from business partners and selling services to the public sector buck the economy’s recessionary trend."
Technology developments likely to impact on education:
Is email really going away?
MediaBistro.com
"Email is going the way of the dodo, according to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Only 11% of teens use email daily, preferring instead..."
A Google Paid Content System For Publishers May Be Coming By Year-End
PaidContent.org
"Google (
NSDQ: GOOG), which had hinted for nearly a year now that it was working on building some sort of paid content system for publishers, is reportedly set to launch..."
How Teens Watch: The Future (of Media) is in Their Hands
The Nielsen Company
"In the U.S., young people’s media usage is markedly different from that of older generations but is likely to converge with..."
