Topic: Funding

Performance funding: The burden of proof

Graeme Stewart

When a policy is proposed, the burden of proof lies with the people making the proposal. They need to explain why the […]

Academic freedom, Contract faculty, Equity and social justice, Funding, Public policy, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission

OCUFA releases principles for the Ontario university funding formula review

The provincial government has signaled that it intends to review the formula according to which funding is allocated to universities. Over the […]

Funding, International issues, Public policy

Graduate education in the UK: The postgraduate puzzle

Elizabeth Bell

In the UK, graduate education has taken a backseat to undergraduate learning. But as Elizabeth Bell explains, postgraduate programs there face significant challenges.

Editorials, Funding, Public engagement, Research and innovation

Building trust through funding disclosure

Erica Rayment

In yesterday’s Worldviews panel about think tanks and university research, Adrian Monck emphasized the importance of knowing the funding sources of a […]

Funding, Teaching and learning

Influencing Universities to Embrace Learning Outcomes: Why JOBS is a Dirty Four Letter Word

Steve Joordens

“Looming low and ominous, in twilight premature, thunderheads are rumbling in a distant overture” (Neil Peart, from the RUSH song Jacob’s Ladder). […]

Funding, Public policy, Tuition and student fees

Canada’s Self-Imposed Crisis in Post-Secondary Education

Nick Falvo

On June 7, I gave a keynote address to the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Education Sector Conference. Points I raised in […]

Faculty associations, Funding

Strike Vote

Karen Dubinsky

Things I never thought I would do: today I went to my union meeting and voted in a strike vote. On a […]

Funding, Public policy, Tuition and student fees

Danny Williams’ postsecondary education legacy

Keith Dunne and Nick Falvo

Last December, Danny Williams stepped down as premier of Newfoundland and Labrador. When he did, he was the most popular premier in Canada.

Funding, Public policy, Research and innovation

Dr. Francis Collins, noted geneticist and Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, recently announced a new program aimed at helping young scientists transition into faculty positions much more quickly than typically possible.

Funding, Participation and enrolment

Is the Teacher-Researcher Faculty Model Just Too Expensive?

Ken Snowdon

The authors of Academic Transformation argue the current faculty model of teaching-research is too costly, short-changes students of variety, and relies excessively on part-time faculty. Does their case stand up to scrutiny?