Topic: Corporatization and commercialization
Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, International issues, Online education, Public policy, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Technology, Universities and the academic mission
Constructing the futures of Canadian universities
This article is interested in the futures of Canadian universities. Around the world, much has been written about the futures of universities. […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Governance, Participation and enrolment, Public policy, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Tuition and student fees
Laurentian University insolvency reflects a structural crisis in Ontario’s neoliberal university system
On February 1 the Laurentian University president and board got what they wanted from Ontario Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz: “This Court orders and […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, Governance, History, Public policy, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission
Public money, private profit: A history of U of T’s MaRS Discovery District
It is well known that the University of Toronto (U of T) has historically played an important role in scientific innovation. This […]
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With campus co-operatives, universities could model new ways of living after COVID-19
Crises bring renewed interest in co-operatives. (BlackDaffodil/Flickr), CC BY-NC Even before COVID-19, things weren’t going all that well on post-secondary campuses across […]
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Academic freedom, Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Funding, Governance, Health and safety, Online education, Public policy, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission
The academy’s neoliberal response to COVID-19: Why faculty should be wary and how we can push back
Neoliberal ideology has been restructuring Canadian universities for decades. This influence has been made clear in responses to the pandemic that have […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, Performance assessment, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission
The ugly side of performance-based funding for universities
With the economic and labour disruption wrought by COVID-19, for a time it seemed Ontario and Alberta had realized the folly of […]
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Book review: Open Minds explores how academic freedom and the public university are at risk
Academic freedom has become a common topic of Australian public debate. Yet the concept is rarely examined or critiqued in detail. That […]
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Half of Ontario’s medical schools are now named after wealthy donors
Defunding of universities has forced administrators to to seek and secure private donations from wealthy individuals or corporations. Pictured here, the Michael […]
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Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Funding, Tuition and student fees
Low funding for universities puts students at risk for cycles of poverty, especially in the wake of COVID-19
Particularly during an economic crisis, graduating from university should not sentence students to a lifetime of debt. (Shutterstock) Postsecondary education has consistently […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, Online education, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission
Renowned educator Paulo Freire would have questioned how we are schooling our kids in the age of COVID-19
The late education philosopher Paulo Freire would have argued that online schooling further entitles those in positions of power. Nefandisimo, CC BY-SA […]
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