The Conversation

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Funding, Students, Teaching and learning, Tuition and student fees, Universities and the academic mission

The Universities Accord will plan for the next 30 years: what big issues must it address?

Melinda Hildebrandt, Victoria University and Peter Hurley, Victoria University

Funding, Public policy, Research and innovation

Two decades of stagnant funding have rendered Canada uncompetitive in biomedical research. Here’s why it matters, and how to fix it.

Stephen L Archer, Queen's University, Ontario

Public engagement, Research and innovation

Hiring more social scientists could be the solution to Canada’s innovation issue

Angele Beausoleil, University of Toronto

Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation, Technology

Unlike with academics and reporters, you can’t check when ChatGPT’s telling the truth

Blayne Haggart, Brock University

Academic freedom, Corporatization and commercialization, Equity and social justice, Libraries, Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation

African researchers are ready to share more work openly – now policy must make it possible

Lara Skelly, Loughborough University and Elisha Chiware, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

A person sits at a computer looking worried.

Academic mentorship, Health and safety, Students

3 things the pandemic taught us about inequality in college — and why they matter today

Elena G. van Stee, University of Pennsylvania

Low-income college students often face financial pressures and family obligations that their instructors cannot see. SDI Productions/E+ Collection/Getty Images Elise, a nursing […]

History, Teaching and learning

W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies

Chad Williams, Brandeis University

Politics, Public policy, Research and innovation, Universities and the academic mission

What are universities for? Canadian higher education is at a critical crossroads

Marc Spooner, University of Regina

Faculty strike on a picket line outside a building

Collective bargaining, Contract faculty, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Politics, Public engagement, Public policy

Why labour strife at universities should concern us all

Andrew Biro, Acadia University; Joseph Hayes, Acadia University, and Rachel K. Brickner, Acadia University

Academic freedom, Journals and publishing, Open learning, open access, and open source, Technology

ChatGPT: our study shows AI can produce academic papers good enough for journals – just as some ban it

Brian Lucey, Trinity College Dublin and Michael Dowling, Dublin City University

The Universities Accord will plan for the next 30 years: what big issues must it address?

Two decades of stagnant funding have rendered Canada uncompetitive in biomedical research. Here’s why it matters, and how to fix it.

Hiring more social scientists could be the solution to Canada’s innovation issue

Unlike with academics and reporters, you can’t check when ChatGPT’s telling the truth

African researchers are ready to share more work openly – now policy must make it possible

3 things the pandemic taught us about inequality in college — and why they matter today

W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies

What are universities for? Canadian higher education is at a critical crossroads

Why labour strife at universities should concern us all

ChatGPT: our study shows AI can produce academic papers good enough for journals – just as some ban it

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