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An idea for student loans

In: Funding

20 May 2010

Access to federal student loans by for-profit institutions is an ongoing issue of debate in the US. Their default rates tend to be higher because (a) fees, and therefore loans, are much higher without state/federal subsidies (b) the target market is older and has lower completion rates than your average high school graduate (c) some of [...]

Universities Have Great Idea

In: Universities

12 May 2010

The NZVCC have just announced a great initiative, along with Business NZ, TEC and the University Commercialisation Office of NZ. As you might have guessed by the participants, it’s all about business-university links.
UniServices, the commercialisation arm of the University of Auckland, is hosting an event to promote university innovation and technology in the health sector on [...]

Research that Matters: Beards and Robots

In: Tertiary Education

16 Apr 2010

Men with beards are more credible than clean-shaven men, according to a paper in the Journal of Marketing Communications. Bearded men were deemed to be more trustworthy and have more expertise when endorsing cellphones and toothpaste, but were slightly worse than clean shaven men for selling underwear.  The men in the study had neat, medium-length beards, [...]

New Zealand offers two lessons and a query to an overseas observer

In: Strategy & Policy

14 Apr 2010

ED is sponsoring the Industry Training Federation’s Vocational Education and Training Research Forum today and tomorrow. The ITF has provided three research summaries that we are running as guest posts - this is the second one. Dr Gavin Moodie of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is presenting a paper today on New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Policy Compared.
New [...]

Outsourcing Marking

In: Tertiary Education

7 Apr 2010

American colleges and universities are outsourcing marking to a company that uses markers in India, Singapore and Malaysia. The benefit for the colleges is that they believe they can get more consistency and timeliness than from graduate teaching assistants (the company turns around essays in 3-4 days). Oh, and the cost is US$12 per essay.
One [...]

News 26 Mar – Science merger, Transition to Uni

In: Research| Students| Tertiary Education

26 Mar 2010

MORST/FORST Merger MORST and FRST are going to merge to bring together the government’s main science agencies.
Transition to University The University of Auckland’s Starpath project has published a new report on what works in the transition from school to university, focusing on low-middle decile school students. The findings aren’t surprising, but they’re worth reviewing.
Unite Again [...]

Saved by the Private Sector

In: Tertiary Education

25 Mar 2010

That title might wind up a few people, but I was quite keen on a story from the US on how a community college was dealing with waiting lists at the moment. They have made a deal with a for-profit training provider (The Princeton Review) for healthcare students to take online courses, with some in-person courses, [...]

News 1 Mar – No Change for TEC, says Sharp

In: Funding| Policy| Students

1 Mar 2010

I put up a post on Friday seeking feedback on how ED Blog could develop – check it out and offer your input.
ED Blog has a new links page - check out the Policy Progress site, started by my ED colleague David Choat. Policy Progress looks at long-term issues and challenges from a progressive perspective. David [...]

Quebec Fast-tracks Grads’ Citizenship

In: Export Education| Universities

3 Feb 2010

Quebec is offering degree graduates from its universities a fast-track to citizenship. As long as grads pass federal health and security checks, they will get citizenship. Immigration policy is a key element of export education marketing and Quebec’s premier promoted this policy in Mumbai on Monday, obviously targeting Indian students disenchanted with Australia. The story [...]


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