Universities are designed as spaces where minds are nurtured—where expertise develops and new knowledge is generated. However, not all is well within the walls of the academy. Under academic, financial,…
READ MORE…by reasonable people in real binds: fiscal crises may be socially constructed, but they produce real political and financial constraints nonetheless. I mean, I have bigger things to worry about…
READ MORE…Given the composition of university governing councils – about one-third of members are from the corporate sector – it’s hardly surprising a for-profit orientation has come to dominate. What is…
READ MORE…title, Why Higher Education Must Embrace Technology, in part by arguing that emerging technology’s visuals, sense of immediacy, and ability to communicate simultaneously all target the Digital Native’s learning profile.…
READ MORE…yet clear that it is sufficiently broad in composition. 2. Analyse the future of work and higher education’s contribution to it Most education reviews start with the current system and…
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…as a student grant and loan system) a considerable amount of staffing is required to determine eligibility—and such staffing is far from free. Universal programs (think ‘free tuition for all’)…
READ MORE…to as learning communities or communities of practice. For a variety of reasons, a “coming together”, face-to-face, in distributed workplace environments is difficult—as is the case with Athabasca University. Working…
READ MORE…issues they were studying. Course assignments were extremely well planned and demanding, encouraging students to use course study materials, recollect class discussions, read the relevant literature, and come up with…
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