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When ‘self-correction’ meets power in the quest to uphold scientific integrity
Questions around Stanford U president Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s research represent a case in point.
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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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What does the recent Powering Discovery report actually say? Not much
As it was not tasked with offering recommendations, the report’s conclusions are understandably generic and understated.
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The pandemic has stolen the central tenet of university start-ups: in-person, social interactions
Virtual formats can't replace face-to-face interactions, but will entrepreneurship programs use the past year to be, in true entrepreneurial fashion, innovative?
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Meet Marie-Eve Sylvestre, the new University of Ottawa president who sees a world of possibilities
Bringing people together to change the community and the world.
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Meet Wisdom Tettey, Carleton University’s new president
Transformation through education.
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Thompson Rivers University seeks experts to shape the future of online education
Subject matter experts collaborate with instructional designers to create high quality content for online courses.
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Untangling the mess of policy collaboration
The different interests and needs of each jurisdiction mean there is a range of funding schemes with disparate aims, formats and objectives.
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Do we need chief science advisers in Canada?
There are fundamental questions that we should be considering about the role and format of science advice in this country.
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The theatrics of the Ford government regarding free speech on campus
Most with a working knowledge of higher education would agree we are nowhere near a free speech crisis in colleges and universities, let alone one justifying government intervention.
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The wide gap between rhetoric and reality regarding international education
We need to move away from facile handwaving and towards a culture of evidence-based argumentation.
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Who knows what Doug Ford’s government has in store for higher-ed in Ontario?
With a controversial pick leading the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, don’t hold your breath on big ideas or transformative change for the sector.
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Does Canada need a stand-alone “skills” champion?
While couched in rhetoric of anticipating economic needs and helping individuals succeed in the labour market, the gospel surrounding “skills” is fundamentally mired in a very short-term perspective.
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Canada excels in science, but not so much in innovation
After five decades of telling ourselves the same story, can we start asking different questions about innovation?
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The hard task of addressing “hot button” issues at universities
The nature of universities as organizations helps explain why so much symbolic management takes place when they are faced with thorny subjects.
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The superclusters plan promises more than it can likely deliver
Creso Sá looks at what the recent superclusters announcement really means for universities and academic research.
