Education Policy

AI is weakening the case for fixed credit hours Shorter degrees can work without reducing academic quality Accreditation should measure competence, not time served Ninety campuses in the United States now

Retractions rose fourteen-fold since 2013 with almost no consequence A few repeat journals drive most paper-mill retractions Retraction thresholds, not embarrassment, should trigger public review Publishers issued more t

AI now writes a fifth of research papers Paper mills concentrate in a few weak-review journals Accreditation must weight citation impact over raw volume By late 2024, roughly one in five computer science p

Research impact, not paper volume, should be the core measure in university rankings Collaboration should count only when it builds real capability, not just co-authorship Students increasingly choose schools by prestige and payoff, not ranking methodology details

Australia raised student visa fees while persistent skills shortages remain unresolved Chinese demand is weakening, but India is not replacing the lost pipeline Migration policy should reward skilled pathways instead of relying on higher fees

Teaching skill rarely decides pay or promotion Coaching-linked pay works; flat schedules don't Reward performance, not tenure or credentials In 2024, the average American teacher earned 26.9 cents less