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Corporatization and commercialization, Politics, Teaching and learning

Intellectuals and Democracy

Mark Kingwell

What’s an education for? Philosopher Mark Kingwell analyzes our era’s market-utility responses to this question. He argues, however, that education is about making us better and more engaged citizens, perhaps even better people.

Journals and publishing, Research and innovation

So Where’s the Literature Review?

Ann Rauhala

Ann Rauhala, a former journalist now teaching at Ryerson University, says the worlds of academe and journalism are not quite the two solitudes they seem.

Funding, Participation and enrolment

Is the Teacher-Researcher Faculty Model Just Too Expensive?

Ken Snowdon

The authors of Academic Transformation argue the current faculty model of teaching-research is too costly, short-changes students of variety, and relies excessively on part-time faculty. Does their case stand up to scrutiny?

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Faculty associations

How Influential are Faculty Today? Responses from the Canadian Professoriate

Amy Scott Metcalfe, Donald Fisher, Yves Gingras, Glen A. Jones, Kjell Rubenson, and Iain Snee

How are the pressure to publish or perish, fiscal austerity, and the growing ascendancy of managers combining to affect the influence of faculty on academic life?

Students, Teaching and learning

You Can Lead Students To Knowledge, But How Do You Make Them Think?

Steve Joordens

The psychological defences students have get in the way of learning critical thought. How can university teachers encourage student to confront these defenses?

Student crossing sign with adult sillouettes

Students, Teaching and learning

Back to school days

Mark Bernstein

The challenges and joys of the professor-student. At age 51, a neurosurgeon returns to school.

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Participation and enrolment, Students, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

Knowing Your Undergraduates

Ken Steele

With career-oriented students seeking variety in their university experiences, universities are diversifying their appeal. The downsides are often talked about, but this evolution could well help universities in regions of population decline survive, while offering students clearer choices among a broader range of educational options.

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