Topic: Public policy
HEQCO distorts faculty teaching loads: News media play along
In March, 2014, the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), published a study purporting to show that Ontario professors only teach […]
READ MOREUniversity Governance: Reflections from the Future U Conference
Last week, I spoke on a panel on university governance at a conference titled Future U: Creating the Universities We Want, organized […]
READ MOREDo High Tuition Fees Make for Good Public Policy?
Yesterday, I gave a presentation to Professor Ted Jackson’s graduate seminar course on higher education, taught in Carleton University’s School of Public […]
READ MORELiberal arts lead to good employment outcomes…just don’t tell the policymakers
Last week, the AAC&U released the report How Liberal Arts and Science Majors Fare in Employment (for coverage, check out Inside Higher […]
READ MOREInto the program prioritization debate
Last week, we published an article by Leo Groarke and Beverley Hamilton on program prioritization. For the uninitiated, program prioritization is a […]
READ MOREDoing the PPP: A skeptical perspective
So-called “program prioritization processes” have been a hot topic at American and Ontario universities. But as Leo Groarke and Beverley Hamilton argue, the cost of PPP is much higher than many administrators realize.
READ MOREGraduate education in the UK: The postgraduate puzzle
In the UK, graduate education has taken a backseat to undergraduate learning. But as Elizabeth Bell explains, postgraduate programs there face significant challenges.
READ MORESelf-censoring away from the public sphere
In recent weeks, Academic Matters has devoted some of its attention to the importance of academics’ participation in public debate. Two panels […]
READ MOREReflections on the CSSHE Annual Conference: Good, but more policy, please?
This past week, Academic Matters was fortunate to attend the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. As a magazine dedicated […]
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