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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

A close up of a hand painting on a canvas

Arts and culture, Intellectual property, Open learning, open access, and open source, Research and innovation, Students, Teaching and learning, Technology

ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process

Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston and Alec Stubbs, UMass Boston

A professor speaks to students in a lecture hall.

Collective bargaining, Contract faculty, Faculty associations, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure

New Zealand does not offer tenure to academics, but a recent employment dispute shows it’s more than a job perk

Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury

Research and innovation, Teaching and learning

The humanities should teach about how to make a better world, not just criticize the existing one

Robert Danisch, University of Waterloo

Two people sit at a table and talk to each other

Equity and social justice, Health and safety, Students, Teaching and learning, Universities and the academic mission

How to make post-secondary study more accessible? Collaboration between instructors and disability counsellors

Philip Burge, Queen's University, Ontario

An old image of Monopoly, with the title The Landlord's Game

Arts and culture, History, Research and innovation

How Monopoly informs academia and economics, even when it’s not obvious

Thomas Michael Mueller, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)

Two people stand outside a rental building and point upwards

Equity and social justice, Students, Universities and the academic mission

Universities and colleges want to enrol more students. But where are they supposed to live?

Timothy A. Brunet, University of Windsor

Universities and colleges that seek to grow their student enrolments have an obligation to address student housing. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) The Toronto […]

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

ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process

New Zealand does not offer tenure to academics, but a recent employment dispute shows it’s more than a job perk

The humanities should teach about how to make a better world, not just criticize the existing one

How to make post-secondary study more accessible? Collaboration between instructors and disability counsellors

How Monopoly informs academia and economics, even when it’s not obvious

Universities and colleges want to enrol more students. But where are they supposed to live?

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