UPDATE: News story, including a link to the full contract, available here [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/07/02/uwo-president-to-get-platinum-handshake-upon-retirement-in-2009/] . The University of Western Ontario put out a statement [http://communications.uwo.ca/com/western_news/stories/board_statement_on_president's_contract_20080702442418/] this morning saying they are releasing…
An administrator at Britain’s Manchester Metropolitan University sent an internal e-mail telling instructors to inflate student marks to compete with other universities. The BBC says [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7483330.stm] the email was sent to computing and mathematics staff by the department’…
It’s that time of the year again, time to pick my classes for the coming academic year. I usually decide on my courses in five steps. 1) Read the academic calendar to find courses that interest me. 2) Print out a calendar grid for timetabling. Write all potential courses…
A lot of what was in the report was common-sense. The major flaw with the report is the constant call for the creation of new bureaucracies. A lot of the ideas could, and should, be implemented within the existing bureaucracies of N.B. higher education. This WG report creates layers…
After nearly two years of fighting against [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/03/31/mcmaster-goes-to-court-to-block-freedom-of-information-ruling/] public disclosure, McMaster University released the contract of its president Peter George to *The Hamilton Spectator *today. The contract —posted [http://thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/393208] by *The Spectator *on it’s website…
I will be updating this post as I read New Brunswick’s latest post-secondary review which was released today. Week’s after the report wasleaked [http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/325858]to the media, the New Brunswick government finally released the report of its “Working Group” on post-secondary reform.…
Monte Solberg didn’t get moved in today’s mini-cabinet shuffle. This means I get to continue chasing him, especially since he got a free pass last time we saw each other.…
UBC hates the environment, loves making money from selling bottled water [http://www.canada.com/globaltv/bc/story.html?id=15b307e1-99e5-4b15-96d8-a1d50c0a2e53] .…