Topic: Universities and the academic mission
Corporatization and commercialization, Funding, International issues, Public policy, Students, Universities and the academic mission
Definitely not for loss
Mission and Money: Understanding the University, by Burton A. Weisbrod, Jeffrey P. Ballou, and Evelyn D. Asch. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008)
READ MOREWhat Are Universities For
In 1852, John Henry Newman, in one of his discourses on “The Idea of a University”, said “a University is, according to […]
READ MORECorporatization and commercialization, Participation and enrolment, Universities and the academic mission
Selling the Academy Without Selling Out
Faculty at Canadian universities are rightly concerned about a number of threats to academic quality and integrity, including the growing ranks of […]
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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Corporatization and commercialization, Governance, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission
Grappling with academic capitalism in Canadian universities
With the academic culture changing and managerialism threatening collegiality, can academics defect from “corporatization’’ by defining their knowledge as a public good? A review of: The Exchange University: Corporatization of Academic Culture Adrienne S. Chan and Donald Fisher, eds. (UBC Press, 2008)
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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.
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 […]
READ MOREThe internationalization of higher education: Are we on the right track
Headlines from recent higher education newspapers paint a colourful picture of some new developments in internationalization—“Ten universities in the United Kingdom, Ireland, […]
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Contract faculty, Governance, Public engagement, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission
Getting it “just right”: What’s the right combination of values for universities as they adapt to changing social, economic, and political circumstances?
Debora Rhode. In Pursuit of Knowledge: Scholars, Status and Academic Culture. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006. Mary Burgan. Whatever Happened to the Faculty: Drift and Decision in Higher Education. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
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A view from inside the Hogwarts School of Graduate Study at Oxford
A Canadian doctoral student at Oxford University shares some of his initial thoughts on the graduate experience at the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
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