HeyJaredSioux McKenna
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NSFAS is due a major overhaul, but consensus ends there (opens the original)
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A scheme built to open the door to higher education has grown into the countryâs largest social grant. Everyone agrees it canât go on in its current form â but where to next? Sioux McKenna is professor of higher education research at Rhodes University. Itâs unusual in South Africaâs fraught political context for there to be consensus on anything. But there is agreement that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), the mechanism that has funded millions of students into univer
Facebook obliterated 20 years of my online life for no apparent reason (opens the original)
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Metaâs automated moderation systems can erase decades of personal histories in seconds, exposing the severe risks of relying on unaccountable algorithms to safeguard digital memories. Sioux McKenna is professor of higher education research at Rhodes University. Twenty years of my online life disappeared last week in the space of a single notification: âYour account has been disabled for not following our community standards.â No detail was provided as to which post was problematic. I click
SA promised to be a continental knowledge hub; instead, we are turning inward (opens the original)
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A good higher education system must be globally connected if it is to serve its citizens and the common good. Sioux McKenna is professor of higher education research at Rhodes University. Three months ago, the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education told a national television audience that he would give my Daily Maverick column on foreign academics âzeroâ. He then announced that Rhodes University was now on the committeeâs radar because of my opinion piece. You donât g
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