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Academic freedom, Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Universities and the academic mission

The parties agree that… The role of collective bargaining in advancing university goals

Michelle Webber and Linda Rose-Krasnor

Universities play a vital role in society and the principles of academic freedom, tenure, equity, and institutional autonomy are foundational to their […]

Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Participation and enrolment

How to make universities more inclusive? Hire more working-class academics

Carole Binns, University of Bradford

Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock For several years, higher education institutions have been putting in place widening participation initiatives. These are designed to help […]

Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Intellectual property, Journals and publishing, Open learning, open access, and open source, Students

Textbooks could be free if universities rewarded professors for writing them

James M. Skidmore, University of Waterloo

Universities have a responsibility to reduce barriers in student learning, and one way to do this is through creating textbooks that […]

Editorial Matters: Economics and inequality

Ben Lewis

It is commonly understood that postsecondary education ought to focus on fostering curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, and vigorous debate, with the goal […]

Contract faculty, Equity and social justice, Funding, Hiring, promotion, and tenure

Trending towards inequality: Understanding the role of universities in the rise of contract academic work

Kimberly Ellis-Hale and Glen Copplestone

The 1990s are key to understanding how Ontario’s postsecondary institutions have systematically entrenched economic inequality between contract and tenure-stream faculty. Even with […]

Academic mentorship, Equity and social justice, Funding, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning

Healthy research ecosystem—healthy researchers? The researcher as an organism of focus within a research ecosystem

Michelle L.A. Nelson and Ross Upshur

The academic research environment is changing and researchers report struggling to adapt in order to be successful. Funding shortfalls are perennial, but […]

The Indigenous diversity gap

Malinda S. Smith and Nancy Bray

Where are the Indigenous Peoples in Canadian universities? Canadian postsecondary institutions have pursued equity, diversity, and inclusion policies and programs since the […]

Contract faculty, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, International issues

Casual academics aren’t going anywhere, so what can universities do to ensure learning isn’t affected?

Dorothy Wardale, Curtin University; Julia Richardson, Curtin University, and Yuliani Suseno, Edith Cowan University

Casual academics provide flexibility for universities at a time when student numbers are uncertain. from shutterstock.com More Australian universities are relying on […]

Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education, a review

Gerald Walton

When I was a doctoral student early in the millennium, I remember a lot of talk among my colleagues about “lines.” In […]

Editorial Matters: The slow erosion of public university funding

Ben Lewis

Ontario’s public universities are vital institutions that deliver education to thousands of students, produce thought-provoking and groundbreaking research, and provide good jobs […]

Topic: Hiring, promotion, and tenure

Textbooks could be free if universities rewarded professors for writing them

Casual academics aren’t going anywhere, so what can universities do to ensure learning isn’t affected?

Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education, a review

Editorial Matters: The slow erosion of public university funding

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