Topic: Universities and the academic mission
Why women’s studies programs in Canada are more important than ever
The ‘othering’ of women through misogyny, racism and sexism in scholarship has had, and continues to have, serious consequences on women’s lives. […]
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Equity and social justice, Public engagement, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Universities need to revisit their founding stories
Indigenous histories often go unrecognized in institutional university memories. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Universities pride themselves on their founding stories. These stories, […]
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Glimpsing the future, thanks to a pandemic
The breadth of the pandemic’s impact on postsecondary education is difficult to fathom. What is likely to return to pre-COVID normal, and […]
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Equity and social justice, Research and innovation, Teaching and learning, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission
From Ryerson to Toronto Metropolitan University: What can we learn from the renaming?
With the new name comes a model for other renaming processes in the realm of reconciliation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Ryerson University […]
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Academic freedom, Corporatization and commercialization, Faculty associations, Funding, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Public policy, Research and innovation, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission
Are there ever really ‘financial reasons’ to fire faculty? Laurentian University, academic freedom, and the disciplining of the professoriate
The 2020–21 academic year saw two incidents of Ontario professors being effectively fired: the termination of 116 of the 345 professors at […]
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Corporatization and commercialization, History, International issues, Public policy, Universities and the academic mission
Remaking Australian universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe
Can we grieve not for a person but for an institution? Should we be angry over possibilities destroyed, young talents denied a […]
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Universities: The often overlooked player in determining healthy democracies
In Georgia, the Board of Regents has given its universities the power to fire tenured professors without faculty input. Now some fear […]
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Universities need to focus on students—not teach to targets—to help them succeed
Kate Kultsevych/Shutterstock The Office for Students, England’s higher education regulator, has outlined new proposals to ensure university students reach “acceptable outcomes” from […]
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Equity and social justice, Intellectual property, Students, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission
Fair access to university depends on much more than making students ‘job-ready’
Shutterstock Today is World Access to Higher Education Day, but Australia is still a long way off fair access for students from […]
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Equity and social justice, International issues, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission
Hit hard by the pandemic, Australian researchers expect its impacts to linger for years
Shutterstock The impacts of COVID-19 on Australian university researchers are likely to have consequences for research productivity and quality for many years […]
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