Topic: Politics
Equity and social justice, Politics, Public policy, Research and innovation, Tuition and student fees
All students should benefit from innovation
Stephen Harper’s minority government has been making much of its “innovation strategy” in recent months, especially in regard to how it plays out in post-secondary institutions.
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An academic life: Peter Dale Scott
Scion of one of Canada’s most noted intellectual families — his father F.R. Scott: poet, founder of the CCF, McGill Dean of […]
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Guilty: Student Victims and Ann Coulter’s Assault on the University of Western Ontario
Shortly after her visit to the University of Western Ontario, media outlets began to document the more controversial aspects of Ann Coulter.
READ MOREObama and the Crash: reshaping the intellectual agenda in Canada
Major developments in American politics and society always provoke some combination of consternation, envy, imitation, rejection, or righteous indignation north of the […]
READ MOREAcademics in Politics
The new president of the United States, Barack Obama, once taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago’s law school. That makes […]
READ MORECorporatization and commercialization, Funding, International issues, Politics, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission
Making decisions that endure for decades
Paulo Santiago, Karine Tremblay, Ester Basri and Elena Arnal. Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society. Volume 1: Special Features: Governance, Funding, Quality; and Volume 2: Special Features: Equity, Innovation, Labour Market, Internationalisation. Paris: OECD, 2008. 728 pages.
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Can closed minds challenge authority?
A review of Gregory S. Prince Jr. Teach Them to Challenge Authority: Educating for Healthy Societies. (New York: Continuum, 2008) and Bruce L.R. Smith, Jeremy D. Mayer, and A. Lee. Fritschler, Closed Minds? Politics and Ideology in American Universities (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2008).
READ MOREProfessors as Public Intellectuals
The responsibility of professors is to carry forward the mission of the university. These responsibilities are often summarized as teaching, research, and […]
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