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Academic Attention Deficit Disorder
At conferences I sit at the back of the room. I’m a people watcher, and from the back I can observe the […]
READ MOREAre the Stars Aligned? Will Canada finally create an international education strategy?
In its 2011 budget, the Government of Canada announced an allocation of $10 million over a two year period for the development […]
READ MOREThe Myth of the Academic Generation Gap: Comparing Junior and Senior Faculty in Canada’s Universities
It is commonly assumed that junior (pre-tenure) professors work much harder and have lower levels of job satisfaction than their more senior […]
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Coursera, or Socrates was not a Content Provider: The University of Toronto and Coursera Agreement
The Globe and Mail reported recently that the University of Toronto was the latest signatory to an agreement with Coursera, a Web-based […]
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Expanding graduate programs and renewing the professoriate: What’s the connection?
Does Ontario need to expand its master’s and doctoral programs in order to supply the professors who will teach these additional students? Ian Clark, David Trick and Richard Van Loon argue that in all fields of graduate study, the government should take into account the best available evidence to ensure that the number of graduate spaces is sufficient to meet the needs of the workforce, but not higher.
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Lost in Translation after Graduation?
What students do after leaving the academy can be impressive, surprising, and, as one department found out, useful for universities interested in improving the student experience.
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Drummond Will Likely Have Little Impact on Universities
How would post-secondary education be affected by the recommendations of the Drummond report, and is Drummond’s approach advisable? Professor Paul Axelrod suggests that in an environment of instituional autonomy, the effects will be minimal. As has been the case for many years, Drummond continues the trend of expecting universities to teach too many students with too few resources.
READ MORELuisa D’Amato on Michelle Miller’s ‘Hot for Teacher’
In the latest issue of Academic Matters, Michelle Miller wrote a provocative piece on the politics of student/professor sexual relationships. The article was featured on Inside Higher Ed, and has generated a lot of discussion. Luisa D’Amato wrote a response to the piece in the TheRecord.com. Luisa and The Record have kindly allowed us to reprint it here.
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Corporatization and commercialization, Intellectual property, Libraries, Public policy, Teaching and learning, Technology
Copyright discourse in the academy: Values, policies, and technology
The university needs to appreciate better the intertwined relationship between values, policies, and technologies with respect to copyright issues.
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Access Copyright: University libraries give up on the copyright go-between
Access Copyright is much like the Blockbuster Video of Canadian university libraries. At one time, it seemed indispensable. Today, it’s almost obsolete.
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