August 2010 higher education news summary - Australia, New Zealand focus by ACUMA Incorporated

ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Higher education news summary • August 2010

Higher education news summary for August 2010

Macquarie University Starts Marketing Debut Bond Sale Carleton University students can rent textbooks Universities face political uncertainty Local ‘backlash’ and overseas fears strike at Australian sector Students in dark as IT school folds Lost in the campaign haze Students may pay for uni funding crisis 'time bomb' Squash stars receive cordial welcome More action planned over staff pay rises Sector faces 'precarious future' In this parallel world, volunteering counts Not at the top of anyone's to-do list Official green stars for new Student Centre Lincoln University merger proposal The Future of the College Bookstore Too Much Free Time on Campus? Can Rent-a-Text Save Traditional Textbook Stores? Regional universities and students hope to benefit from independent powerbrokers What now for higher education policy? Woroni editors quit over clash Fitzroy students kicking goals for East Timor youth Coalition to cut funds for poor students HECS volunteer idea gets a cool response Greens call for establishment of an Australian Student Card Unis resist TAFE push to offer degree courses Student gap years: 'Make money and move on' College 2.0: Teachers Without Technology Strike Back Documenting and decoding the undergrad experience Coalition rewards student volunteers Abbott's HECS Volunteering Plan "Needs More Work" Unis slam Coalition plan for fee places Unpaid work to help with HECS debts Performance figures unfair, say tertiary institutions Teens return Labor to power in Google poll Students to learn financial literacy Saudis calm student furore College collapses spark fresh probe Clarity before cash Not all our unis are equal Rankings leap boosts Melbourne Greens may say no to full fees Uni SA staff to strike A lot can happen in a year abroad Melbourne Uni 'world's 62nd best' Building Strong Relationships with Young Alumni Three Australian universities make top-100 rankings Uni policy lacks a few bright sparks Alan Gilbert, AO: University life with a global vision for academia Let's work on partnership Blueprint for diversity Student-Loan Debt Surpasses Credit Cards Parents go back to school for college orientation More choices alter college textbook landscape New UC chancellor tips 10,000 students ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Higher education news summary • August 2010

Internet links to help education - Google officer UniSA industrial action escalates Focus on students, not dollars, sector told Australia: New election - Universities out in the cold Education minister promises uni spending Universities New Zealand-Te Pokai Tara launched University cuts power bill 10 percent through asset management Barnes & Noble Board of Directors Ponders Selling the Company Students' futures in the dark TAFE degrees risk devaluing our tertiary qualifications Crean says the overseas market won't collapse International student hotline launched Macquarie University Said to Start Investor Talks for Bond Sale Navitas set for overseas expansion, says Rod Jones Teacher has students all a-twitter over election Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age New Sites Empower Students to Build Their Own Scholarships Anatomy of an Alumnus

Macquarie University Starts Marketing Debut Bond Sale Bloomberg BusinessWeek August 30 2010 Macquarie University, a college in Australia’s biggest city, plans to sell at least A$200 million ($180 million) of 10-year notes in its inaugural bond sale. Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. and Commonwealth Bank of Australia are managing the sale of notes that may be priced to yield about 170 basis points more than the swap rate, according to… Full article: http://bit.ly/dc21A1 Carleton University students can rent textbooks CBC News, Canada August 24 2010 Students at Carleton University in Ottawa will have the option of renting their textbooks beginning this semester. The school's bookstore is one of six across Canada trying out Rent-A-Text, which has been a successful program in… Full article: http://bit.ly/9FomWM Universities face political uncertainty University World News August 29 2010 The most boring federal election in living memory turned into a cliff-hanger last weekend with the nation's vice-chancellors not alone in waiting anxiously on the outcome.

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For the first time in 70 years, the nation faces a hung parliament and a first-time government seems likely to lose office - and with it the higher education policies that offered universities… Full article: http://bit.ly/bJLTCr Local ‘backlash’ and overseas fears strike at Australian sector Times Higher Education August 28 2010 Recruitment abroad slows amid visa changes and anti-immigration rhetoric. Simon Baker reports Australia’s lucrative market for overseas students is at a crossroads. After years of expansion that helped establish education services as the country’s third-largest export, there are fears this growth could be reversed. The well-publicised attacks on Indian students – culminating in the killing of graduate Nitin Garg in Melbourne in January – have sparked a startling collapse in… Full article: http://bit.ly/91ly2E Students in dark as IT school folds The Age August 28 2010 AN AUSTRALIA-WIDE IT training school has collapsed with millions of dollars of debt, leaving more than 100 students with an uncertain future and about 100 employees without a job. Excom Education went into liquidation on Wednesday, with many learning the bad news when they arrived for classes at the South Melbourne campus to find… Full article: http://bit.ly/dBWjwy Lost in the campaign haze The Age August 17 2010 The missing issue THE challenges facing Australian higher education are significant and complex, but not a word has been uttered on the campaign trail about what the priorities are, or how to best fund a growing sector. In the past three years, universities have undergone profound changes. The Bradley review into higher education will transform the way universities recruit students and are funded. Government targets to boost participation by young people from poor backgrounds and to build… Full article: http://bit.ly/a6J79i Students may pay for uni funding crisis 'time bomb' The Australian ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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August 27 2010 A POLICY expert has warned of a time bomb ticking over education, with demand for places likely to lead to students being turned away. Executive director of the Group of Eight research-intensive universities Michael Gallagher warned that students also faced being squeezed in with consequent deterioration of standards if funding… Full article: http://bit.ly/aBbJU7 Squash stars receive cordial welcome RMIT News August 20 2010 RMIT University was one of the sponsors of the 2010 World University Squash Championships, which took place in Melbourne. Students from Europe, Egypt, North America and Asia travelled to Monash University to compete in singles and team events alongside four… Full article: http://bit.ly/9SYnJF More action planned over staff pay rises The Australian August 25 2010 STAFF seeking pay rises at more than half the country's universities have taken more than 50 days of industrial action. This includes bans on student results at seven institutions. More unrest is threatened as they fight for pay increases of 16 per cent to 18 per cent. The National Tertiary Education Union yesterday was to give formal notice of a… Full article: http://bit.ly/d81piK Sector faces 'precarious future' The Australian August 25 2010 UNIVERSITIES going for dramatic early growth have been urged to think again as political uncertainty casts a pall over plans to prosper. "If I was an institution looking at more or less limitless growth in the hope that sustainable funding will follow, I'd be rethinking that," said higher education commentator Lynn Meek, who directs the L. H. Martin Institute… Full article: http://bit.ly/c8kX7W

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In this parallel world, volunteering counts The Montreal Gazette August 21 2010 Laura Beeston is heading in to her third year at Concordia University, where she's majoring in journalism, with a minor in women's studies. But Beeston can't help thinking she does much of her practical learning outside the classroom. In a typical week, she'll spend at least 40 hours at The Link, where she is managing editor, interim graphics and interim… Full article: http://bit.ly/cr2MQM Not at the top of anyone's to-do list Simon Marginson in The Australian August 25 2010 WE are in for a protracted period of fragmented policy and special deals on higher education, whoever is in power. It will not be pretty. In a hung parliament, a few people wield quirky and variable influence and secure electorate-specific decisions. The imminent collapse of the $18 billion international market will hurt… Full article: http://bit.ly/a3dpdw Official green stars for new Student Centre University of Waikato news service August 24 2010 Waikato University’s new Student Centre was officially awarded a five-star rating at a ceremony held on August 19. The New Zealand Green Building Council presented the university with a certificate, awarded for… Full article: http://bit.ly/bYzp0d Lincoln University merger proposal NZPA via Stuff.co.nz August 24 2010 The Government is seeking public input on a proposed merger of Lincoln University with Telford Rural Polytechnic. The proposal is for Telford, which is based in Balclutha in south Otago, to be incorporated into Lincoln University, with nearly 1000 fulltime students transferring into the university's undergraduate courses over… Full article: http://bit.ly/9BKPQu

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The Future of the College Bookstore Forbes.com August 19 2010 When college students get their course reading requirements this semester, they won’t necessarily have to trudge down to the campus bookstore to get their textbooks. Amazon and Barnes and Noble now make up a national used book market, Google posts public domain works such as Hamlet online for free, and Apple, Sony and Amazon are fighting for the new e-reader market… Full article: http://bit.ly/dglMFJ Too Much Free Time on Campus? The New York Times August 23 2010 Why are students spending less time in the library? Are they making leisure a top priority? Philip Babcock is an assistant professor of economics at University of California, Santa Barbara. He and Mindy Marks, an economist at the University of California, Riverside, recently issued a report on the decline in studying time among… Full article: http://nyti.ms/9zSVyq Can Rent-a-Text Save Traditional Textbook Stores? MediaBistro.com August 20 2010 What can a college bookstore do to continue doing business? eReaders do seem like a godsend for textbook buyers; no more man power required to carry your semester's 20-credit course load back to your dorm. But college bookstores face fierce competition because with the right tools, everything… Full article: http://bit.ly/bd2Wkf Regional universities and students hope to benefit from...independent...powerbrokers The Australian August 23 2010 Rural educators are likely to be winners as the three conservative independents turn into powerbrokers in a hung parliament The university sector yesterday pleaded for stability in the bipartisan policy for boosting university participation in which Labor has committed to future funding increases, including uncapping… Full article: http://bit.ly/co6Apz What now for higher education policy? Andrew Norton August 22 2010 What might a hung parliament mean for higher education policy? ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Higher education news summary • August 2010

Even with a Liberal government, it is possible that a compulsory student amenities fee might return. A quick Google search this morning indicates that all three rural independents have supported such a fee in the past, though it may need ‘political’ funding to be quarantined (Labor’s policy specifically created a role for their comrades in the student unions). So it is possible that a revised bill that passed the new Labor-Green Senate post-1 July 2011 would also pass the… Full article: http://bit.ly/9H4G0A Woroni editors quit over clash The Canberra Times August 22 2010 The Australian National University's student newspaper Woroni is unlikely to be published again until early next year following the resignation last week of two co-editors over a dispute with the university's students' association. Co-editors Adam Brereton and Alex Cubis left the paper on August 9 citing heavy-handed intervention and censorship in the editorial direction of the paper by… Full article: http://bit.ly/9yqcQp Fitzroy students kicking goals for East Timor youth The Melbourne Leader August 22 2010 Fitzroy student Nathan McLean helped set up a new sports program in East Timor. THE youth of Baucau, in East Timor, face a nearly 100 per cent unemployment rate and an uncertain future as their fledgling nation… Full article: http://bit.ly/b4lGS1 Coalition to cut funds for poor students The Sydney Morning Herald August 20 2010 THE Coalition has angered university leaders, principals and teacher unions by announcing plans to cut a further $1.5 billion from education, including programs to help the poorest students to succeed at school and enter university. The planned savings - contained in a document released late on Wednesday - come on top of more than $3 billion of other cuts to education programs, including trades training centres and… Full article: http://bit.ly/cb43OL HECS volunteer idea gets a cool response The Australian August 20 2010 ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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TONY Abbott's plan to allow university students to cut part of their HECS debts through volunteer work has been slammed by sector heads. They fear the volunteer plan could reduce the efforts of volunteers in the community if not… Full article: http://bit.ly/9X54iu Greens call for establishment of an Australian Student Card Greens.org.au August 10 2010 The Greens have called for the establishment of an Australian Student Card to grant all students undergraduate, postgraduate, domestic and international - concession rates for public transport across the nation.… Full article: http://bit.ly/93XdhO Unis resist TAFE push to offer degree courses The Age August 22 2010 TAFE institutes could offer bachelor degrees and compete with universities for students under a bold plan aimed at combating skills shortages. The government-owned institutes want funding from next year to offer degrees in areas such as… Full article: http://bit.ly/ctJPIR Student gap years: 'Make money and move on' The Guardian August 21 2010 If you don't want to simply rely on savings while travelling, why not set up a business? If you are one of the thousands of students left without a university place this year or are just sick of living in austerity Britain, gap years have rarely looked so attractive. Only two obstacles might be preventing a sprint to the airport: money, and the worry that escaping abroad is unlikely to boost your job hopes. But use a gap year to launch a business, and you could come back to the UK with… Full article: http://bit.ly/cx4KKD College 2.0: Teachers Without Technology Strike Back The Chronicle of Higher Education August 15 2010 Mark James, a visiting lecturer at the University of West Florida, declared his summer course in English literature technology-free—he skipped the PowerPoint slides and YouTube videos he usually shows, and he asked students to silence their cellphones and close their… Full article: ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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http://bit.ly/9YJGAs Documenting and decoding the undergrad experience University Affairs, Canada August 16 2010 Web portfolios, self-assessment tools and a formal transcript that details a student’s involvement in noncurricular activities are the new buzz in student services. An official transcript shows how well a student did in class, but universities have long recognized that a lot of learning takes place outside the classroom. Now a growing number of schools are… Full article: http://bit.ly/cmYmas Coalition rewards student volunteers The Sydney Morning Herald August 19 2010 Up to 1000 university students will be able to use the unpaid voluntary time they give to community groups as a credit against their HECS debt under a trial proposed by the federal coalition. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has formally announced the $7 million trial after flagging the idea… Full article: http://bit.ly/9rpPii Abbott's HECS Volunteering Plan "Needs More Work" Pro Bono Australia August 19 2010 Volunteering Australia says any plan to set up a volunteer scheme to allow university students to offset some of their HECS debt needs much more work. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced that the coalition would initiate a pilot scheme if elected to Government, in response to a question during the Forum at the Broncos Leagues Club… Full article: http://bit.ly/bqubA5 Unis slam Coalition plan for fee places The Australian August 20 2010 THE Libs plan to restore full fee undergraduate places for a year or two, before uncapping the supply of government-funded places. However, the plan has been dismissed as unviable, with few universities likely to… Full article: http://bit.ly/a3xbhr Unpaid work to help with HECS debts ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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The Australian August 19 2010 THE Coalition has launched a plan to allow university students to offset some of their HECS debts with volunteer work. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced the plan to trial the policy when he addressed the town hallstyle forum at the Broncos Leagues Club in Brisbane before… Full article: http://bit.ly/asLDeX Performance figures unfair, say tertiary institutions Radio New Zealand August 17 2010 Tertiary institutions say Government league tables of their completion rates will be unfair. They say the figures, due at the end of August, will be over-simplified and encourage people to compare totally different… Full article: http://bit.ly/c9BTDo Teens return Labor to power in Google poll The Sydney Morning Herald August 18 2010 The results are in, and the Labor government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been returned to power. Well, not quite. But that's what would happen if Australian teenagers were to decide the outcome… Full article: http://bit.ly/axrPq8 Students to learn financial literacy The Australian August 18 2010 HIGH school students will be taught how to manage budgets, how to avoid exceeding their mobile phone plans. Students will also be taught how to plan for married life and retirement, under measures Labor plans to incorporate into… Full article: http://bit.ly/b7u3gW Saudis calm student furore The Australian August 17 2010 ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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SAUDI Arabia has smoothed over tensions with Australia's universities. It has backed off from apparent plans for its PhD students to shun most of the sector in favour of the eight research-intensive… Full article: http://bit.ly/9X7GYx College collapses spark fresh probe The Sydney Morning Herald August 17 2010 VICTORIA'S education regulation agency is under investigation over its ability to do its job properly following a spate of college collapses that have affected thousands of international students. With crackdowns on so-called dodgy colleges under way, Victoria's Auditor-General, Des Pearson, is examining whether the government body that approves private trades colleges… Full article: http://bit.ly/aXAbmA Clarity before cash The Australian August 18 2010 THE business education community has a wish list for whoever is education minister next week: it doesn't want more money, at least not immediately. Instead, opinion leaders Business Education spoke to say they want something much harder… Full article: http://bit.ly/9znYKC Not all our unis are equal The Australian August 18 2010 UNIVERSITIES across the world work hard to climb the international rankings. Statistics are collected and countless dossiers put together documenting the research productivity, teaching excellence and graduate outcomes of each aspirant to a higher rung up the ladder. Sadly, only three of our institutions have made it into the top 100… Full article: http://bit.ly/cW5RUg Rankings leap boosts Melbourne The Australian August 18 2010 AUSTRALIA improved its performance in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings despite a stronger showing by Chinese and Saudi universities, analysis shows. ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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The University of Melbourne, which leapt from 75 to 62 on the back of alumna Elizabeth Blackburn's 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, recorded the biggest increase of any university in… Full article: http://bit.ly/cIfSFr Greens may say no to full fees The Australian August 18 2010 THE Greens have voiced reservations about Coalition plans to reintroduce full-fee undergraduate places. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has said she would be concerned by any moves to shift more costs on to students or to limit commonwealth-supported places in favour of full-fee… Full article: http://bit.ly/bgLDPP Uni SA staff to strike The Sydney Morning Herald August 17 2010 Staff at the University of South Australia will strike on Wednesday in action over a new enterprise agreement. Members of the National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) will set up picket lines for three hours from 8am (CST) at the university's four Adelaide campuses as part of the… Full article: http://bit.ly/c4zWgN A lot can happen in a year abroad The Independent, UK August 17 2010 Like many students before her, studying abroad had a profound affect on Sarah Morrison As I sat staring out at California’s Big Sur, I felt fortunate to have a sister who persuaded me to spend a year of my degree abroad. While almost 11,000 students signed up to the British Council’s Erasmus Scheme last year – choosing to spend part of their degree in another country in… Full article: http://bit.ly/aARaFl Melbourne Uni 'world's 62nd best' The Age August 17 2010 MELBOURNE University has jumped 13 places in the respected Jiao Tong ranking of the top 500 universities in the world, putting it in 62nd spot, just three places behind Australia's top-ranked university… ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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Full article: http://bit.ly/dnyKVU Building Strong Relationships with Young Alumni Academic Impressions August 12 2010 Daniel Fusch, Academic Impressions In recent news, development officers at Claremont McKenna College are expanding their alumni engagement strategy by asking alumni volunteers to interview their peers about interest and affinity. The college's commitment to investing in engaging young alumni has already seen returns: the institution's 10-year average giving rate has increased 6% since… Full article: http://bit.ly/9uXLoz Three Australian universities make top-100 rankings The Australian August 14 2010 THREE of Australia's elite universities have retained, or improved, their performance in the top 100 of prestigious global rankings. The Australian National University retained its 59th rank - the best performance of… Full article: http://bit.ly/bWR2Zo Uni policy lacks a few bright sparks The Age August 13 2010 Tertiary education provides the skills backbone of the country. Its future is vital. IN A little over a week, Australians will go to the polls to choose their government (and in a little over three months, the people of Victoria will vote in the state election). At the centre of the visions presented by each major party is the need for a strong economy and good governance. Both are… Full article: http://bit.ly/bXCdAd Alan Gilbert, AO: University life with a global vision for academia The Age August 12 2010 ALAN Gilbert, whose wide-ranging national and international academic career included seminal tenure as vice-chancellor of Melbourne University and Manchester University in England, as well as the key role in establishing Melbourne University Private Limited, has died of heart disease in Manchester. He was 65. Gilbert's professional life was marked by an intense intellectual engagement with the possibilities… Full article: ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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http://bit.ly/awtQ0v Let's work on partnership The Australian August 11 2010 LAST WEEK, the vice-chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology, Ian Young, expressed his worry about the expansion of bachelor programs in TAFE. He suggested this would put at risk the reputation of our degrees and damage Australia's reputation for providing… Full article: http://bit.ly/aD0lWE Blueprint for diversity The Australian August 11 2010 SWINBURNE University of Technology vice-chancellor Ian Young said TAFE Directors Australia proposed that degree programs be conducted in TAFE institutions. This proposition, according to Professor Young, has the potential to damage the entire higher education sector. The claims made are, presumably, based upon analysis of TDA's Blueprint for… Full article: http://bit.ly/bv2VKA Student-Loan Debt Surpasses Credit Cards The Wall Street Journal August 09 2010 Consumers now owe more on their student loans than their credit cards. Americans owe some $826.5 billion in revolving credit, according to June 2010 figures from the Federal Reserve. (Most of revolving credit is credit-card debt.) Student loans outstanding today — both federal and private — total some… Full article: http://bit.ly/bLBkrH Parents go back to school for college orientation Associated Press via LA Times August 07 2010 Many universities say more than half of their freshmen have family at these events learning about such things as campus safety and 'letting go.' Call it Empty Nesting 101: Colleges around the country are holding orientations for families of incoming freshmen. But these are not simple meet-the-dean receptions the day before… Full article: http://bit.ly/cEHQ4q ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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More choices alter college textbook landscape The Miami Herald August 07 2010 On Friday afternoons between work and rugby practice, Brittany Wolfe would rush to the campus library hoping copies of her advanced algebra textbook had not all been checked out by like-minded classmates. It was part of the math major's routine last quarter at… Full article: http://bit.ly/c6a7Wx New UC chancellor tips 10,000 students The Canberra Times August 09 2010 The University of Canberra would seek to increase its student numbers from 6000 to about 10,000 within the next five years, its chancellor-elect John Mackay said yesterday. Mr Mackay, who also is chairman of Actew Corp, will replace Professor Ingrid Moses as… Full article: http://bit.ly/9SvP10 Internet links to help education - Google officer Stuff.co.nz August 10 2010 Google's third-most important employee touched down in Christchurch for a flying visit with a message for educationalists: prepare for a long-distance future. Michael Jones, Google's chief technology officer, was a key speaker at Education New Zealand's annual conference last week, after a chance meeting between Education New Zealand's chief executive and Vint Cerf, Google vice-president and… Full article: http://bit.ly/9PtOQz UniSA industrial action escalates ABC News August 09 2010 UniSA staff are striking on Tuesday over a pay dispute. (ABC News: Gary Rivett) University of South Australia staff will stop work for four hours on Tuesday morning in the latest effort to resolve an industrial dispute. The action will affect all campuses, including… Full article: http://bit.ly/auSkDq

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Focus on students, not dollars, sector told The New Zealand Herald August 06 2010 The $2.5 billion export education industry has been warned to focus on its students and not dollar signs to avoid finding itself with problems like Australia has experienced. Bruce Baird, who headed a Federal Government review of the Australian Export Education Industry, addressed more than 400 members of New Zealand's international education industry, at… Full article: http://bit.ly/coS89c Australia: New election - Universities out in the cold University World News August 08 2010 Only in those countries run by dictators, and where the result of an election is predetermined, could the 'contest' be more boring than the one taking place Down Under. Faced with a new prime minister who had only just toppled the incumbent before calling the election, and an equally inexperienced opposition leader, Australians have… Full article: http://bit.ly/97Wvq5 Education minister promises uni spending The Australian August 05 2010 Simon Crean has vowed to push for a dramatic increase in funding for universities if Labor is re-elected And the Education Minister conceded Julia Gillard's deregulated system would work only if substantial investments were made in higher education.… Full article: http://bit.ly/cpOTiY Universities New Zealand-Te Pokai Tara launched New Zealand Vice-Chancellor's Committee August 05 2010 The New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee will launch its new name, Universities New Zealand-Te Pokai Tara, and associated visual imagery at Parliament tonight. The event, hosted by Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce, is being held to inform the organisation’s stakeholders of the change and explain the reasoning behind… Full article: http://bit.ly/dtgbaa University cuts power bill 10 percent through asset management ZDNet.com August 03 2010 ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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Forrester Research recently reported that something like 45 percent of businesses are investing in some sort of enterprise software for managing energy consumption. A case study that shows how Bentley University has been using one such application, Infor EAM Asset Sustainability, gives you a sense of why this is so–and why this sort of thing isn’t just for… Full article: http://bit.ly/aSf7aw Barnes & Noble Board of Directors Ponders Selling the Company MediaBistro.com August 03 2010 Late this afternoon, the Barnes & Noble board of directors announced they are considering selling the company--along with other "strategic alternatives" that might "increase stockholder value." Founder Leonard Riggio has expressed interest in assembling a group of… Full article: http://bit.ly/dzZyUR Students' futures in the dark NZPA via TVNZ, New Zealand August 03 2010 Some of our best and brightest are being turned away from tertiary study. Packed lecture theatres and a lack of funds mean potential university students can't get a foot in the door. When Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce announced a new performance-based funding model earlier this year, he said it would… Full article: http://bit.ly/9wsngw TAFE degrees risk devaluing our tertiary qualifications The Australian August 04 2010 GIVING TAFEs the authority to offer bachelors, masters and PhDs, and receive government funding to do so, are significant proposals being put forward by TAFE Directors Australia. As a vice-chancellor of a dual-sector university, I naturally welcome the chance to seriously… Full article: http://bit.ly/aKcUaT Crean says the overseas market won't collapse The Australian August 04 2010 EDUCATION Minister Simon Crean has dismissed bleak forecasts in key overseas student markets, pointing out that enrolments have grown recently despite adverse conditions.

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"I've heard talk of the imminent collapse of overseas student markets," Mr Crean said on Monday at Sydney's Macquarie University, which is heavily… Full article: http://bit.ly/aDkrVS International student hotline launched Swinburne Media Centre August 03 2010 Student Assistance Line, the first national after-hours personal support hotline for international students in Australia, was officially launched at Swinburne University today by Bruce Baird AM, author of the Federal Government’s recent review of the international education sector and… Full article: http://bit.ly/aGJeOK Macquarie University Said to Start Investor Talks for Bond Sale BusinessWeek.com August 02 2010 Macquarie University, a college in Sydney, started talks with investors that may lead to its first bond sale, according to four people familiar with… Full article: http://bit.ly/bm3fIf Navitas set for overseas expansion, says Rod Jones The Australian August 03 2010 FOR a company enmeshed in the political storm around student migration, Navitas has done a remarkable job. Navitas, Australia's biggest education provider has buttressed revenues and earnings just when… Full article: http://bit.ly/aH8smb Teacher has students all a-twitter over election The Age via The Sydney Morning Herald August 02 2010 CIVICS teacher Mike Stuchbery figured he'd go mad teaching the usual dry stuff about three tiers of government and proportional representation in the middle of a federal election. He wanted to immerse his students in the theatre and excitement of a campaign, from the… Full article: http://bit.ly/9ME7KL Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age The New York Times ACUMA Inc.: the Association representing tertiary campus service organisations in Australia & New Zealand Locked Bag 1333, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia ABN: 56 168 491 622 Tel: +61 3 6324 3935 / Fax: +61 3 6324 3670 / admin.acuma@acuma.org.au / www.acuma.org.au

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August 01 2010 At Rhode Island College, a freshman copied and pasted from a Web site’s frequently asked questions page about homelessness — and did not think he needed to credit a source in his assignment because the page did not include author information. At DePaul University, the tip-off to one student’s copying was the… Full article: http://nyti.ms/d03rMu New Sites Empower Students to Build Their Own Scholarships USNews.com August 02 2010 The Facebook generation gets a new way to raise college financial aid. By Kim Clark As budget-strapped states and private charities cut back on scholarship funding, a growing number of students are raising money for college through new "make your own scholarship" Web sites. These sites enable students to… Full article: http://bit.ly/axBBsT Anatomy of an Alumnus InsideHigherEd.com August 02 2010 A college looking to expand its donor base might not naturally look to Laura Wong. “I’m terrible at helping raise money,” concedes Wong, a 2010 graduate of Claremont McKenna College. “It’s not one of my strengths, but I am very good at listening to people.” As it turns out, however, listening is all Claremont McKenna development officers want… Full article: http://bit.ly/9jaU2X