By Léo Charbonneau. We’re number one! According to the 2014 Education at a Glance report by the OECD, Canada has the highest percentage, among member countries, of adults aged 25-64 who have obtained a tertiary education – 53%. We’ve occupied that spot for some years now. The OECD average is 32%. More...
By John Osborne. Part two of John Osborne's response to Tim Pettipiece's article on sessionals.
Last week I began to respond to Timothy Pettipiece’s op-ed piece in the current issue of University Affairs, noting the dearth of new tenure-track faculty positions being created at the moment, and the underlying financial factors which have created that situation. As I opined elsewhere, in a response to Ira Basen’s CBC Radio documentary entitled “Class Struggle”, nothing would give me greater pleasure than to hire 100 new faculty members tomorrow; but that would require an additional $10M in my base budget, and that simply isn’t going to happen unless tuition fees are completely deregulated nationwide or the provincial government finds new pots of money. More...
By Rosanna Tamburri. But universities in Quebec and U15 group of research-intensive universities are exceptions to this trend, say two new reports.
The use of education agents, or recruiters, is widespread and growing in Canada, where they are used by public school boards, language schools, colleges and universities, according to a report prepared for the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. More...
By Eric Termuende, Kirsten Poon and Emerson Csorba. When entering university, first-year students are taught to work for the best possible grade-point-average and take classes seriously – often in preparation for jobs as doctors, lawyers, accountants and so on. In some ways, this is good advice; earning a high average and excelling in studies can be valuable in the long term. Read more...By Simona Chiose. Ontario’s universities need to expand their reputations internationally as part of the province’s push for institutions to specialize, says the minister responsible for the province’s colleges and universities. Read more...
By Andrew Trounson. UNIVERSITIES Australia is optimistic that it will be able to resurrect its bid to secure masters students under Brazil’s massive outward bound student program, Science Without Borders.
In Australia only the Group of Eight and the Australian Technology Group have lucrative agreements with the Brazilians to take SWB students, which is currently limited only to undergraduate students. More...
The usage of agents for international student recruitment is a “logical response” to the rising global demand for higher education, and both institutions and students are largely satisfied with the service they receive, according to a new report.
Released by the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE), The Agent Question examines insights from students, universities and agents within higher education recruitment, finding that agent usage is widespread in most key destinations and recruitment markets. More...
Un entrepreneur de la Silicon Valley considère que l’université bride les projets d’entrepreneuriat étudiant. Il a créé une bourse pour permettre aux étudiants de quitter leurs études pour se consacrer à leurs projets.
Source Le Figaro
100.000 dollars pour arrêter ses études. Un accord tentant, surtout à quelques jours de la rentrée, pensez-vous! Malheureusement, le projet de Peter Thiel, cofondateur de PayPal et figure de la Silicon Valley, n’est pas de vous faire profiter de vacances de luxe. Par le biais de sa fondation, il finance les projets innovants d’étudiants brillants, mais à une condition: que ces derniers abandonnent leurs formations universitaires pour se consacrer pleinement à leurs projets. Voir l'article...
Nom de code : #dircabESR. Une association de directeurs de cabinet d’établissements d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche a vu le jour à l’été 2014. Objectif : fédérer une profession dont les contours restent souvent méconnus.
Source letudiant.fr
"Nous sommes dans la phase de lancement", confie Serge Defois, directeur de cabinet de l’université de Nantes et président de la nouvelle association des directeurs de cabinet de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche. Voir l'article...
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