Topic: Students
Academic mentorship, International issues, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees
The importance of supporting international students with financial literacy education
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has indicated that financial knowledge is a central life skill for participation in modern […]
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Why building community – even through discomfort – could help stressed university and college students
A sense of belonging can enhance the college experience. Shutterstock It is a growing problem on campuses across America. Students entering college […]
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Equity and social justice, Participation and enrolment, Public engagement, Public policy, Students, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission
Bringing Indigenous viewpoints to higher education
For this issue, Ojibway author and journalist Tanya Talaga sat down with Victoria McMurchy from Academic Matters to discuss how Canadian postsecondary […]
READ MOREUniversities: increasingly stressful environments taking psychological toll – here’s what needs to change
shutterstock Every year, millions of international students travel to different countries to study at university. This, together with a lack of public […]
READ MOREUnrealistic striving for academic excellence has a cost
Skills of well-being have been forgotten partly due to a combination of educational reforms and societal pressures. Unsplash/Oscar Chevillard, CC BY-SA In […]
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Equity and social justice, Participation and enrolment, Students, Universities and the academic mission
Supporting mature female students enrolling in university STEM programs
Mature women students face additional barriers when enrolling in STEM programs. Shutterstock Women face many barriers when it comes to post-secondary education, […]
READ MOREStudent perspectives on good teaching: what history reveals
What constitutes effective and engaging university pedagogy, and have student impressions of this changed through the ages? My reading of memoirs, biographies, […]
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College students with disabilities are too often excluded
All students need to feel included in order to succeed in college. But when a student has a disability, inclusion can be more difficult to achieve. One study shows students with disabilities participate in fewer extracurricular activities, like clubs or on-campus events, than non-disabled peers.
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Educators must commit now to tackle grade inflation
Thousands of students received unsettling news this fall regarding the rigour of their high school grades. They learned that at least one university in Ontario — the University of Waterloo — assesses new engineering applicants partially on the basis of which high school they attended and not solely on their grades.
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