Topic: Performance assessment
Corporatization and commercialization, Performance assessment, Universities and the academic mission
Final Observations of Canadian University Rankings: A Misadventure Now Over Two Decades Long
In November, 2012, Maclean’s published its 21st annual rankings of Canadian universities. Indeed, the ranking of universities has become a popular exercise […]
READ MOREZen and the Art of Metacognition: Quality-Based Discrimination, Peer Assessment & Technology
In 1974, Robert M. Pirsig wrote a book entitled “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”, within which he provided a philosophical […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Governance, Performance assessment
Chronicles of Faculty Idealism, Disenchantment, and Resistance
A collection of the recollections and analyses of long-service academics, who have faced the disenchantment many academics feel, could be a valuable resource for dialogue on our campuses.
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International issues, Performance assessment, Public policy, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission
A policy maker’s handbook
Richardson, R. and Martinez, M., Policy and Performance in American Higher Education: An Examination of Cases Across State Systems (Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins University Press, 2009).
READ MOREUniversity rankings as a marketing tool: READERS BEWARE
The shrill cries of “We’re number one, we’re number one!” ring out every autumn across Canadian university campuses. Normally the reserve of […]
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Contract faculty, Equity and social justice, Governance, Performance assessment, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization
“Whose university is it, anyway?” A question we need to keep asking
Whose University Is It, Anyway? Power and Privilege on Gendered Terrain, edited by Anne Wagner, Sandra Acker, and Kimine Mayuzumi (Sumach Press, 2008)
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