By Melonie Fullick. If you follow the higher education news, stories of scandal and corruption relating to academic research pop up on a fairly regular basis. One such case, which exploded last month in the U.S., is that of Michael LaCour. Described in a New York Magazine article as “one of the biggest scientific frauds in recent memory,” it was hard to miss. More...

By Léo Charbonneau. It can be done, with some effort, says a panel at this year's Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. More...

By Martha Crago. Persuasion by donors and industry partners is the kind that causes the most commotion, but there are other kinds, too. More...

By Donna Kotsopoulos. How the liberal arts made me better at mathematics.
The precarious state of liberal arts education at many universities is well known. Enrolments are down and consequently the relevance of a liberal arts education is under fire. Those in liberal arts education have tried to make the case that a liberal arts education matters. More...

By Marie Lambert-Chan. The “Kijiji Index” looks at who is buying what online.
This is one of the conclusions of the new Kijiji Second-Hand Economy Index, which is reportedly the first attempt by Canadian researchers to measure this market for which there has been up to now very little or no data. More...

By Jennifer Halsall. Stylish Student Learning Centre a new gateway to campus.
A huge asymmetrical, silver and blue cubed structure in the heart of down-town Toronto, Ryerson University’s Student Learning Centre is a dramatic visual break from Yonge Street’s usual architecture. More...

By Léo Charbonneau. Brock university celebrated the arrival to campus of a four-metre-tall statue of namesake Sir Isaac Brock in mid-March. Brock was a major-general in the British Army and hero of the War of 1812 who died in battle not far from the current campus location. More...