Yesterday [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/08/20/dusted-off-saving-money-on-textbooks/] , I dusted off an old article I wrote last year about how students can save money on textbooks. Doing this, I remembered that Ontario is implementing its new Textbook and Technology Grant this September. Announced last fall by Dalton McGuinty…
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced $21 million in new funding for Waterloo region’s Conestoga College [http://blogs1.conestogac.on.ca/news/2008/08/premier_mcguinty_announces_21.php] and $9.2-million at Hamilton’s Mohawk College [http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/Explore/News/News2008/rel20080820.html]. The new monies are…
Australia’s Rudd government reacted quickly to reports early yesterday stating they was going to switch Voluntary Student Unionism from its present “opt-in” structure to an “opt-out” structure. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports the government is making clear [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/21/2342152.htm?…
Yes, I’ve been lazy this year and I’m only getting around to ordering my textbooks now. Last year, I did it much earlier and wrote an advice piece: How can I save money on textbooks? [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2007/07/25/how-can-i-save-money-on-textbooks/] The information is still…
The Quebec Superior Court put the breaks on a plan to hike international student tuition at Concordia University, a move the Concordia Student Union is calling a legal victory. The court issued a ten-day safeguard order that freezes the planned 10 per cent tuition hike for international students at the…
Proponents of affirmative action are pushing back and trying to move the debate from being strictly about quotas, reports [http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/18/affirm]Inside Higher Ed.…
After years of criticism that Oxford University favoured students from upper-class private school backgrounds, the university is implementing changes with the hope of better balancing the socio-economic backgrounds of students that the famed institution recruited. The university is using postal codes, academic achievement, and the high school to find students…
“I’d like the NFL to stay south of the 49th parallel.” – Mark Cohon, CFL Commissioner Toronto’s coordinates are 43°39′N 79°23′W. Now, I know what he means, but he could have picked his analogy better.…