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Are books ready for the dustbin of history?
Are books a condition of our labour? Do we need libraries with stacks and physical collections? Recent discussions within libraries across the […]
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Mentorship Matters: The Case for Graduate Professional Development
Today, the majority of PhD graduates will not become university professors. Two reasons for this are glaringly simple: professors are not retiring […]
READ MOREShow me the money: Is our obsession with grant money creating an avoid-teaching-at-all-costs mindset?
There is a pecking order in my department, as I’m sure there is in yours. At the top are those with the […]
READ MOREPerformance funding: The burden of proof
When a policy is proposed, the burden of proof lies with the people making the proposal. They need to explain why the […]
READ MOREOpen Access and the Public Purse
Last year, we were introduced to a “Draft Tri-Agency Open Access Policy,” put forward by NSERC and SSHRC to harmonize their requirements […]
READ MOREOpen season on academics: My brush with predatory publishing
One morning I opened my email to find that I had become editor-in-chief of an academic journal. Well, ‘chief editor’ to be […]
READ MOREUniversity Governance: Reflections from the Future U Conference
Last week, I spoke on a panel on university governance at a conference titled Future U: Creating the Universities We Want, organized […]
READ MOREAcademic Research vs. Political Propaganda: Lessons from the Fraser Institute’s Study of Minority-Language Education
In 2012 the Fraser Institute published a 138-page study entitled Official Language Policies of the Canadian Provinces: Costs and Benefits in 2006 […]
READ MOREDo High Tuition Fees Make for Good Public Policy?
Yesterday, I gave a presentation to Professor Ted Jackson’s graduate seminar course on higher education, taught in Carleton University’s School of Public […]
READ MOREDoing the PPP: A skeptical perspective
So-called “program prioritization processes” have been a hot topic at American and Ontario universities. But as Leo Groarke and Beverley Hamilton argue, the cost of PPP is much higher than many administrators realize.
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