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Reconsidering the value of exams in the age of AI
Logistical, security and validity challenges present an opportunity to rethink the role of exams in assessment.
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Collegiality: the joys and pitfalls of a non-hierarchical workplace
Grounded in shared governance, collegiality is a demanding ideal that balances power, equity and collective learning.
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Universities eligible for $51B infrastructure fund
The Build Communities Strong Fund, announced in this month’s budget, is the first long-term federal infrastructure program open to post-secondary institutions.
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Alberta panel recommends new funding framework, dropping EDI
The much-anticipated Mintz report lays out 11 recommendations for transforming the province’s post-secondary sector.
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The struggle for gender equity in university leadership
An expert on leadership in higher education explores the reasons women are less likely to be appointed president, and why so many have unfinished mandates.
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7 tips for executing a strategic plan successfully
Lessons learned from successful campus implementation efforts.
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Tallying the pandemic’s financial toll on universities
‘We are cautiously optimistic that we are entering the recovery phase,’ one comptroller says.
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Now more than ever, universities need effective management to further their academic mission
We need to put aside our preconceived notions about how universities should be run, to better assess where we need to make improvements.
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‘The great reset’: what universities should look like post-COVID
The pandemic has made the important work of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and of aggressively fighting resurgent racism at an institutional level, all the more urgent.
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How governments are redirecting public funds to private interests by pushing PSE to align more closely with labour market demands
Universities should be places for people to discover their own ways of contributing to their communities, not vocational assembly lines.
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How one Nova Scotia university is honouring the language of the territory’s original people
StFX students will now receive two degrees when they graduate: one in Latin and one in Mi’kmaw.
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The new normal on campus
Moving to online delivery of programs and services forced universities to be creative. Here are some of the initiatives they’ll keep as we return to campus in person this fall.
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It’s time to tackle climate change in all university disciplines
The entire university community should systematically incorporate issues of climate change and the collapse of biodiversity into introductory courses.
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How lessons learned in delivering courses last year may affect the mode of course delivery this fall
As universities prepare a return to on-campus activities, many are hoping to keep advantages of remote teaching.
