Poor choices in education can make you a statistic [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080512.RAGENDAMORGAN12/TPStory/Business] by Gwyn Morgan in *The Globe and Mail *‘Practical’ guide to help show when safety trumps privacy [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=ef29f238-a637-47e5-9fc5-eec7945603b2] by Katie…
Seriously, a Drake University (Iowa) student is charged [http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=8308742&nav=menu132_3] for assaulting a police officer with a M&M, no word if it melted in the officer’s hand.…
Seriously, a Drake University (Iowa) student is charged [http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=8308742&nav=menu132_3] for assaulting a police officer with a M&M, no word if it melted in the officer’s hand.…
I’m interested, how many student union provide their political leadership with blackberries? I’ve noticed they’re becoming more common among student politicians. Most of whom (like me) purchased their own and pay for it themselves. If your student union is paying for blackberries, what is the monthly cost…
Maclean’s On Campus now has a scholarship contest [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/1034/] that’s giving away $1000 each month for six months. Only real condition is that the money must be spent on school expenses*. *Sorry my Eng friends, BEvERages are not a school expense.…
Alex Usher of the Education Policy Institute wrote a great commentary [http://www.educationalpolicy.org/pub/commentary/080509.html] (again) for the Educational Policy Institute’s "The Week in Review" this week. Usher takes issue with Canadian commentators saying "Canada needs to have its own Bologna process [http://en.wikipedia.…
The Centre for the Study of Democracy [http://www.queensu.ca/csd/index.htm] (CSD) at Queen’s University is joining the chorus calling for the federal and provincial governments to improve student financial aid. In a paper released in draft form Wednesday, the CSD lists fifteen suggestions for government…
A Virginia professor is losing his job at Norfolk State University after failing students who did not meet his academic standards and defying pressure from administration to lower those standards. > Read the full story online [http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/nsu-professor-loses-job-dispute-over-grades] from the Virginian-Pilot. Biology professor Steven Aird handed down…