Topic: Editorials
More on bad Ontario/California comparisons
Ken Snowdon has released a paper that echoes our criticisms about Ian Clark’s recent article advocating “California Style”differentiation in Ontario. OCUFA, our […]
READ MOREThe perils of California Dreamin’ in higher education
Writing in the National Post, Ian Clark argues that emulating California’s higher education system will increase the productivity and efficiency of Ontario’s […]
READ MOREThe November issue of Academic Matters is now live!
The great medieval universities – Paris, Bologna, Oxford – were places far removed from the tribulations of daily life. Under the protection […]
READ MORESpeak, listen, think, repeat …
Hey all, Please allow me to introduce myself! I’m Steve Joordens and, like many of you, I’m afraid I have become addicted […]
READ MORELuisa D’Amato on Michelle Miller’s ‘Hot for Teacher’
In the latest issue of Academic Matters, Michelle Miller wrote a provocative piece on the politics of student/professor sexual relationships. The article was featured on Inside Higher Ed, and has generated a lot of discussion. Luisa D’Amato wrote a response to the piece in the TheRecord.com. Luisa and The Record have kindly allowed us to reprint it here.
READ MORENew video on the Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education
Last June, Academic Matters and its parent organization OCUFA sponsored the first Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education. It was a […]
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Policing Professors
The nature of the current push to police the lives of professors and students provides a salutary lesson about unintended consequences.
READ MOREWhither Tenure?
Tenure as we know it today is a relatively recently phenomenon, dating from the 1960s. Since then, it periodically has come under […]
READ MOREThe ethical challenges in academia
In Illinois, state ethics legislation requires all public employees, including university faculty, to participate in ethics training and to be examined annually […]
READ MOREMarketing Academia
Do universities need to market themselves? The question has become rhetorical. Universities market themselves extensively and show no sign of pulling back. […]
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