We live in a world which is becoming increasingly complex. As Fairhills students, our studies are helping us to understand that.
Population growth is predicted to produce an additional two billion people in the world by 2050, less than forty years away. This will produce a huge increase in demand for housing, food, employment and energy generation in a world which is already struggling to adequately provide for the seven billion currently on the planet.
Reducing reserves of physical resources particularly for energy generation (coal, oil, gas, and uranium) will require a transfer to wind, solar and other renewable energy sources which at this stage are more expensive but fortunately less polluting.
Global warming/climate change is definately happening and whether it is part of a natural cycle or due to increasing man made amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we need to manage rising sea levels and the consequent inundation of inhabited land as well as increasingly violent weather activity. Our country's recent decision to place a price on carbon (or more correctly a price on global stability) is an indicator that we are starting to take our responsibilities seriously.
Global economic systems are proving to be fragile with increasing numbers of people questioning the effectiveness of capitalism as well as communism. The 'Arab Spring' is demonstrating that popular revolt aided by communication technology can result in the overthrow of dictatorial regimes, but we are yet to see if this development results in moves towards stable democracy, balkanisation or anarchy.
These are the Challenges, what is our Hope?
Our Fairhills students (and all the other students currently in schools around the world) are our Hope!
They are the ones who will need to manage and solve these and other challenges. The most capable students will need to develop the skills and attitudes required to be effective leaders during these next forty years. Just as importantly we need students of all nationalities to become good citizens of both their country and the world. In Australia our national (and Fairhills) educational goals are defined as:
All young Australians to become:
- Successful learners
- Confident and creative individuals
- Active and informed citizens
- And this is to be achieved in a schooling system that promotes equity and excellence.
Our Victorian Education System is generally recognised as one of the best in the world and as a consequence we regularly have representatives of other countries and educational systems looking at what we are doing. Fairhills is both fortunate and proud to be part of a system that for two decades has been constantly seeking to demonstrate 'world's best practice' in all that it does. Consequently our School Council, our staff and our SRC are working together to ensure that we provide a future-orientated curriculum and an ethos of continuous improvement in all that we do with our students.
I could continue to write about our Fairhills structures, processes, programs, people and achievements but I don't need to. The attached 'Fairgo' magazine forms a wonderful kaleidoscope of what makes Fairhills Fairhills. My thanks to everybody for the many and varied contributions we have all made to a very successful, rewarding and enjoyable 2011.
Most of you will be continuing with us in 2012. I encourage students, staff and parents alike to make good use of the opportunities available to you to help Fairhills demonstrate hope for a sustainable future and to be an effective participant in finding the solutions for our complex world.
师生比：1:11国际学生比例：1:8本科生数：7,274人 男女比：34:66在校学生数：1,050研究生数：11,072人
1、斯克兰顿大学（美国斯克兰顿大学，The University of Scranton）连续被《美国新闻与世界报道》为北部十佳研究生学位大学，而其所在区域是这项调查最大也是最具竞争力的区域。
2、毕业生就业率高达95%，毕业生们在毕业六个月内就找到了工作或成功深造。
3、在过去的里，《普林斯顿评论》一直将斯克兰顿大学列入美国最佳大学的行列。同时，大学还被其评选为2015年20大最佳运营大学之一。
护理,职业疗法,工商管理,电气工程,化学科学,经济学,会计学,教育,人类学,电子商务,社会学,工商管理学,国际贸易
斯坦福大学位于美国加州旧金山湾区南部的帕拉阿图市，临近世界著名高科技园区硅谷，苹果、谷歌和惠普等企业的总部就在学校不远处。
为学生们提供学士学位、硕士学位以及博士学位，专业设置广泛，开设的主要专业包括：美洲研究、人类学、亚洲语言、生物科学、化学、古典文学、交流学、比较文学、戏剧、地球科学、亚洲研究、工程、经济学、英语、历史、国际关系、数学、音乐、哲学、心理学、宗教研究、象征系统学、计算机科学、化学工程、土木工程、电气工程、机械工程学、工程物理学、环境工程、生物工程、计算机系统工程 、产品设计、城市研究、建筑设计、数学及计算机科学、航空航天、能源资源工程、管理学与工程、材料科学与工程、生物力学工程、地质工程学与水文学等等
所有的斯坦福一年级生均需留校住宿，他们亦获得未来四年的宿位保证。
当中有89%的本科生获分配校园内的宿位。
根据斯坦福房屋分配办公室提供的资料，校方为这些住宿学生提供了80种的住宿形式，包括宿舍、合作社、联排式住宅、兄弟和姊妹会等。
