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Le regard du monde est tourné vers les universités canadiennes
Les pays concurrents du Canada manifestent un vif intérêt pour ses innovations en matière d’enseignement, ses activités de recherche en plein essor et ses collaborations avec le secteur privé et la société civile. Cet intérêt marqué soulève cependant une question importante: les autres pays voient-ils dans le secteur canadien de l’enseignement supérieur un atout que nous-mêmes négligeons?
Malheureusement, la réponse est oui. L’importance du secteur universitaire est sous-évaluée au Canada. Au sein d’une économie mondiale hautement concurrentielle, nous pouvons difficilement nous permettre de ne pas exploiter nos principales forces. Suite de l'article...
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The plight of Latin America's teachers
It's no wonder that protesters in Brazil are holding signs reading "more education, less soccer," or that there are constant teacher strikes in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Mexico - Latin American schoolteachers are among the most miserably paid in the world.
Last week, as protesters in Brazil complained about their country's huge expenditures for hosting the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament and held signs with slogans such as "Japan: take our soccer, give us your education," a new study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed that teachers in Latin America earn less, work longer hours and have less time to prepare their classes than their counterparts in other regions.
The report, titled "Education at a Glance 2013," also shows that Finland and South Korea, which consistently rank at the top of international student achievement tests, pay their teachers almost twice as much as Latin American countries. Read more...
The Supreme Court, Bitmaker Labs, ISTE, and More
In a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court issued a decision on University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, ruling against Naiel Nassar who said that the university had retaliated against him after he complained of discrimination. More details via The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in Vance v. Ball State University, finding that a company is only liable for workplace discrimination under Title VII when that discrimination happens at the hands of a supervisor, “someone with the power to take ‘tangible employment actions’ (like hiring, firing, etc.) against the victim; someone who merely directs the day-to-day activities of a worker does not count,” writes SCOTUSblog. The First Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered that Boston student Joel Tenenbaum pay $675,000 in damages for sharing 30 copyrighted songs illegally. Read more...