I’m working in the morning and have too many tabs open – it’s time for a link dump!
A textbook case of piracy – The Boston Globe
Hacker breaks into Carleton students’ accounts – Ottawa Citizen
Oct. 2 ratification vote set for Ontario college support workers – NUPGE website
A sober view of freshers’ week– Don’t blame student unions for binge-drinking – The Guardian Blogs
Universities funding war flares again – The Scotsman
Still no word on tuition increases as Student Union ultimatum expires – Jerusalem Post
Universities Could Be Forced To Up Endowment Spending – New York Sun
University students want to vote – The Halifax ChronicleHerald
Professors see salaries rise (strike settled at USudbury) – The Sudbury Star
No student ID? Tough, fork over $118 – The Montreal Gazette
Whiz kid makes history at University of Calgary – *CBC News
*UVic fights to reign in bunny bounty – Canwest News Service
Student loan companies in settlement talks with NY attorney general to reform practices – *Associated Press
*Unis to get more freedom, says govt – The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Are degrees worth the paper they’re printed on? – The Independent (UK)
Tuitions freeze across the USA – USAToday
Cutthroat Competition for Textbook Sales Pits UMass Faculty Members Against Bookstore – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Police investigate ‘racist’ National Union of Students seminar – The Telegraph (UK)