‘Thinking about my future is really scary’ – school leavers are not getting the careers support they need

quokkabottles/Unsplash, CC BY Australia’s class of 2022 is on the home stretch. Next month, more than 200,000 year 12 students will be sitting their final exams....

Biz-led advocacy group calls for higher education budget

MANILA – The Philippines Business for Education (PBEd) has called on Congress to provide a sufficient budget to education agencies to address the country’s learning gap...

Time to bring adult education out of the corner to better support the learning of all Canadians

September 8, 2022 Now that the summer is wrapping up, many Canadian adults are in “back-to-school” mode regarding their children. But what about the parents themselves?...

Choosing university or college courses? 5 questions for students to consider

The sudden shift from on-campus teaching to remote learning in March 2020 changed the ways university and college faculty taught courses. While some professors reverted to...

Black girls are 4.19 times more likely to get suspended than white girls – and hiring more teachers of color is only part of the solution

Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Her research examines disproportional school suspensions and, in particular,...

Kindergarten transitions can be eased by supporting kids’ social and emotional needs

With the new school year here, parents and caregivers of young children may be experiencing heightened emotions and anxieties about starting kindergarten. Under typical circumstances, the...

The simple reason a viral math equation stumped the internet

Student loan forgiveness – experts on banking, public spending and education policy look at the impact of Biden’s plan

President Joe Biden announced a program to provide student debt relief to millions of borrowers of federal loans. The plan would offer up to US$10,000 in...

Professor flexibility, recorded lectures: Some positive university legacies of the pandemic

The COVID-19 closure of university and college campuses and move to online learning in March 2020 was a massive global educational experiment. Many students were severely...

College students are increasingly identifying beyond ‘she’ and ‘he’

When students today fill out their college applications, they are not just identifying as “she” or “he.” More than 3% of incoming college students use a...