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The pandemic has exposed the need to better support international students
Experts say the ‘cash cow’ narrative belies policy challenges that need to be addressed.
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$7 billion of shovel-ready infrastructure projects identified across Canadian universities
Projects are prime opportunities for stimulating economic recovery, says Universities Canada president.
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Performance-based funding comes to the Canadian postsecondary sector
Ontario unveils its new funding formula for colleges and universities as Alberta mulls its own PBF scheme.
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The pain remains, one year after the downing of Flight 752
Universities mark the first anniversary of the plane crash in Iran that killed 176 people, many connected to Canada’s academic community.
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Provincial and university ombuds promote accountability on campus
Ontario universities came under the provincial ombudsman’s oversight in 2016. The office has since received more than 500 university-related complaints.
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Poor-quality, predatory conferences prey on academics
“When we noticed that people were using university or grant money for these conferences, we had to put a stop to it,” said one department chair.
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MOOCs are not dead, but evolving
On the 10th anniversary of the first massive open online course, they are more numerous than ever.
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10,000 PhDs Project tracks career outcomes of U of T graduates
Using publicly available information, the study has compiled employment data on 88 percent of the university’s PhD graduates from 2000 to 2015.
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The push is on to increase study-abroad opportunities in China
University consortium partners with Beijing to remove barriers for Canadians to study there.
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National Research Council lays out a four-year reform plan
This latest overhaul of the NRC aims to boost engagement, restore lost morale.
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Should sexual relations between professors and students be prohibited?
In Quebec, a new law calls for universities to adopt a code of conduct covering faculty-student relationships.
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Active History website aims to ‘get history out of the university’
The site’s readership and content have expanded over the years, now reaching an average of 40,000 visits per month.
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Report urges more Canadian students to study abroad
The report’s authors call for at least one-quarter of students within the next decade to have an international learning experience.
