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Seven Bite Back
See “The Reaction: Presidents of seven smaller schools take aim at the big five,” MacLean’s (17 Aug 2009) for a response to the idea that research and graduate schools should be asso… more →
Living in interesting times
Seven Bite Back
Debra Lindsay wrote 3 months ago: See “The Reaction: Presidents of seven smaller schools take aim at the big five,” MacLea … more →
So... the 'Big Five' have plans for PSE
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Debra Lindsay wrote 4 months ago: The latest issue of MacLean’s Magazine has an interesting story on PSE. Apparently the … more →
Oh good gravy! Could it get any more embarrassing?
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Miriam Jones wrote 7 months ago: “Evolution classes optional under proposed Alberta law,” CBC.ca (Apr. 30/09). With 2,692 … more →
Not hot off the press--not even news really
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Debra Lindsay wrote 9 months ago: but see the article by Elizabeth Church on “Universities use all the tricks in the book to lur … more →
Tough Talk in Hard Times
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Debra Lindsay wrote 9 months ago: See “Storm Brews over universities: Even as they deal with spike in demand, many institutions … more →
Well, no-one
Miriam Jones wrote 10 months ago: could accuse Margaret Wente of failing to tackle the hard issues: just what is a university educatio … more →
"The Pedagogy of Debt"
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Miriam Jones wrote 10 months ago: An interesting piece by Jeffrey Williams on the growing debt load for students. Of particular intere … more →
Roll out the red carpet:
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Miriam Jones wrote 11 months ago: From “New Brunswick’s education error: Spending limited resources helping rich students as muc … more →
What Canadians want
Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: CAUT and the CFS commission regular Decima polls about Canadian’s attitudes towards various is … more →
An editorial
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Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: in today’s Gleaner argues that that the provincial government needs to look at proposals from … more →
Sounds like
Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: yesterday’s demonstrations in Fredericton and Moncton by New Brunswick students were a success … more →
Higher education: A frill? Or actually dangerous?
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Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: With “Public Universities at Risk Abandoning Their Mission” (CHE 31/10/08) Gene R. Nicho … more →
Turn about is fair play
Debra Lindsay wrote 1 year ago: As our friends in the community have supported UNBSJ in times of crisis, especially over the past ye … more →
Intrepid girl reporter
Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: Leslie Jeffrey sends this story about a new poll in Australia that indicates that people there value … more →
Protest at Engineering, ULA, Venezuela
Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: [Translation: "Our lives pass like a light cloud and now they are disappearing it as if they were mi … more →
Academic freedom and the right to education
Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: In defense of academic freedom: “We have been gathering some views outside the Inaugural THES … more →
New study on lower income families and the cost of higher education:
Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: “Low-income parents struggle to save for education,” Phil Couvrette , Canwest News Servi … more →
Education: not for everyone?
Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: Kevin Carey and Robert T. Perry have two companion pieces in Inside Higher Ed.: “On Real Educa … more →
A slow news day
Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: on the PSE front — Kelly Lamrock, Shawn Graham and their one-legged Frankenstein-monster education p … more →
