It seems that some American colleges are investigating policy changes that will force students to disclose any mental health illness which they are ill with or have recovered from. Arizona State is the latest university that revealed looking [http://www.asuwebdevil.com/issues/2008/02/19/news/703749] into making…
Fred Fountain will serve as the sixth chancellor of Dalhousie University. Fountain, a 1974 graduate of Dalhousie’s law school, served has a member of the university’s board of governor from 1990 to 1999. A founding partner of a Nova Scotia law firm, Fountain has been actively involved on…
There’s a hilarious picture in the Sheridan College student newspaper last week showing a local federal conservative candidate taking a “payoff “from a “jailbird.” The photo’s just begging for a caption contest: http://sheridansunonline.sheridanc.on.ca/feb_14_2008/news_jailbail.html…
The Nouse, the student newspaper at UK’s York University, writes [http://www.nouse.co.uk/2008/02/20/york-student-admits-running-essay-business/] about a student who runs a "essay consultancy" firm. Basically, he writes essays for other students. The student in question makes a good point that he’s not breaking any…
The Yale Daily Newsreports [http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23605] that Yale is planning to spending $600-million to create two new residences. For that kind of money, I would expected thermo-heated towel racks and heated tiling to boot.…
Microsoft is providing post-secondary students with free copies of its technical software. The software offered is limited to Microsoft’s developer, designer, and platform resource tools. It does not include popular desktop publishing software such has Microsoft Suite. While developer software such as Visual Studio will not appeal to those…
The Queen’s Journalreports [http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2008-02-15/news/landlord-receives-golden-cockroach-award/] that the Queen’s University undergraduate students union, the Alma Mater Society, did not hand out the Golden Cockroach this year. It will be interesting to see what this means in the coming year, will landlords be less…
If elected, the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party will cut student loan interest. The party unveiled its post-secondary education platform [http://www.albertapc.ab.ca/public/data/documents/PostSecondaryBackgrounderdoc.doc] Monday to a lack of fanfare. Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, standing in front of 200 Tory supporters Monday, also promised to…