Uni drop-out rates hit record high

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Latest HIGHER EDUCATION University drop-out rates hit record high for Australian students | FULL LIST Domestic students are dropping out of their degrees at record rates | SEE WHICH COURSES ARE HARDEST HIT By NATASHA BITA EXCLUSIVE Sackings fear under review of university practices ‘More job losses’ have been threatened by universities as the federal government starts a review of university governance. By NATASHA BITA ANTI-SEMITISM Sydney Uni lays down law on anti-Semitism David Thodey, the new chancellor of Australia’s oldest university, has admitted the University of Sydney ‘must do more’ to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism. By NATASHA BITA COMMENTARY Universities facing challenges ‘without precedent’: Thodey From anti-Semitism to financial challenges and technological change, new University of Sydney chancellor David Thodey has warned of a ‘decade of disorientation’ for tertiary educat... By DAVID THODEY HIGHER EDUCATION Top universities to slash 1000 jobs The job cuts at the University of Canberra are part of a $50m cost-cutting needed by the end of this year. By NATASHA BITA We think you might also like Fund cut backflip for Indigenous boarding schools A previously axed Indigenous boarding program will sport rural and regional schools once again, with a renewal through to 2026. By JAMES DOWLING Have the courage to rewrite story of Western decline Culturally, we are witnessing the deconstruction of the value system that laid the foundations of our freedom, prosperity and our valued egalitarianism. By PHILIPPA STROUD, JOHN ANDERSON   NEWSLETTERS TODAY'S PAPER MIND GAMES THE AUSTRALIAN PLUS   Want to change how you receive these emails? Manage your newsletter preferences or unsubscribe from this newsletter. Sent by The Australian, GPO Box 4245, Sydney, NSW, 2001 Australia.