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Digital textbook deals spark controversy
Critics say automatic subscriptions to online course materials are a commercial cash grab that limits students’ choices.
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TA Tipline, part 1: starting the semester off right
Experienced teaching assistants offer guidance for first timers and veterans looking for new ideas.
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How to manage your graduate student
A written agreement is a good way to clarify expectations and build trust.
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Sober-living residence opens in Windsor
Rooms are available to any local postsecondary student who has “a commitment to sober living.”
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Students get to showcase their award-winning accessibility-related designs
National competition aims to find innovative, practical and low-cost solutions to make our communities more accessible for persons with disabilities.
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The dissertation’s form and content need to evolve
A new taskforce report by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies says it’s time to rethink the PhD.
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Some law schools are developing tools to improve access to justice
Online resources are aimed at helping litigants to represent themselves in legal disputes.
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New technology aims to prevent drug overdoses
Researchers in Ottawa are investigating how rapid drug-sample testing impacts behaviour among drug users.
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Private-public partnerships are the new face of student housing
Across Canada, several big-city universities are building student residences through a variety of partnerships with private developers.
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I trust that my student’s grandparent died
Students need to reach out for help, and our systems must work to provide solutions.
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I was sexually assaulted. I turned to my university for help. Here’s what happened
After struggling for months to receive the accommodations she was entitled to, one student shares her story as a lesson for university administrators, faculty members and front-line staff.
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Arbitration decision on student evaluations of teaching applauded by faculty
Such evaluations can’t be used for tenure and promotion decisions, arbitrator rules in case involving Ryerson University.
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Accessibility must be more than an add-on to online pedagogy
If we are serious about accessible online learning, we must talk openly about disability as if it is right here, right now – because it is.
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This year’s 3M National Student Fellows raise their voices for others
Inclusion in higher-ed is a common interest among this year’s cohort of fellowship winners.
