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Doing the PPP: a skeptical perspective

Leo Groarke and Beverley Hamilton

Program prioritization—all the rage at Canadian campuses—may be more trouble than it is worth.

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Havoc! Havoc! Smyt fast, give gode knocks!

By all accounts, February 10, 1355 began quietly enough in Oxford. It was the feast day of St. Scholastica, who, despite what […]

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The Conference Board of Canada Enrolls in the skills and PSE debate

Carl G. Amrhein, Michael Bloom, and Diana MacKay

The Conference Board of Canada has turned its attention to the debate around education and skills. What are the implications for graduate students and faculty?

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Humour Matters: The long, slow bus ride to the future

Steve Penfold

All this talk of innovation, transformation, and inspiration has got me thinking of bus rides. Universities today swim in a sea of […]

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To be or not to be a PhD: Is that still the question?

Bryan Gopaul

Critics and commentators often get doctoral education wrong. As Bryan Gopaul argues, we need to appreciate the complexity of graduate education to get reforms right.

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Life beyond the PhD

Jennifer Polk

Breaking up with academia is hard to do. But what if your interests lie elsewhere?

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Editorial Matters: Skin in the game

We only do an issue of Academic Matters if we think the topic is important, timely, or relevant to the current state-of-play […]

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