Brown University is facing a lawsuit stemming from a rape allegation in 2006. *The Associated Press *reports is available online. Depending what occurs as the lawsuit moves forward, the case could result in changes to how universities deal with serious *criminal *accusations within their campuses. Many universities, including in Canada,…
I’m having difficulties with my email server again today and I’m trying to resolve them. At the present time, some emails have been delayed up to four hours getting to me. I probably should’ve invested in a better web hosting service.…
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has voted unanimously [http://newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2010/23/c5460.html] to lift its censure of the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) in response to governance changes the University implemented in February. The changes were finally begun after both the…
I’ve quickly updated my website design this evening to include the Facebook like feature to each of my posts. It took less than a minute thanks to this informative post [http://cordobo.com/1608-facebook-like-plugin-wordpress/] I found via @BlogHighEd (http://www.bloghighed.org/)…
In her last commentary for *Maclean’s OnCampus, *Robyn Urback goes [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/04/21/queen%E2%80%99s-principal-wants-to-ban-bottled-water/] after Queen’s University president Daniel Wolfe.” Urback writes “‘paternalism’ is the new “freedom of thought'” at Queen’s. What grave offence against civilization has Dr. Wolfe…
In her last commentary for *Maclean’s OnCampus, *Robyn Urback goes [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/04/21/queen%E2%80%99s-principal-wants-to-ban-bottled-water/] after Queen’s University president Daniel Wolfe.” Urback writes “‘paternalism’ is the new “freedom of thought'” at Queen’s. What grave offence against civilization has Dr. Wolfe…
I’m reading the archives of my blog today as I prepare an application for a summer position I’m applying to. Sigh, a lot of things I wish I never wrote in the early days of the blog and other things I now laugh about. This line really jumped…
Janet Steffenhagen, the education reporter for The Vancouver Sun, notes a report [http://communities.canada.com/VANCOUVERSUN/blogs/reportcard/archive/2010/04/08/freedom-of-information.aspx] by the B.C. School Trustees’ Association calling for more leeway to charge Freedom-of-Information applicants for the full costs of their requests. My response to…