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6 janvier 2016

Outlook on Student Success: Blending academics and life lessons

By Matt Zalaznick. Students, of course, have lives beyond the classroom. That’s why campus success initiatives in 2016 will spread further beyond the classroom and academic sectors, engaging students in a spectrum of activities and support designed to steer them toward a meaningful diploma and fulfilling life after graduation. More...

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6 janvier 2016

How we address targeted attacks in progress

By Hernan Londono. It’s a vital and necessary precaution to protect the university’s network from mobile devices that we neither own nor manage. More...

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6 janvier 2016

A world without registrars

By Rodney L. Parks. Are you leading innovation and change or are you so stuck in the past that you thwart innovation. More...

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6 janvier 2016

The big picture

By James Martin and James E. Samels. For engineers life has become increasingly complicated in the new environment of nanotechnology, lean manufacturing, and rapid product design. More...

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6 janvier 2016

Canadian university administrators say online threats a growing concern

By Paola Loriggio. Universities are being urged to put resources into monitoring online threats in light of a spate of incidents at North American institutions that intensified after the fatal mass shooting at an Oregon college in October.
Threats against several Canadian universities have been posted on blogs and online forums in recent months, including one case at Wilfrid Laurier University that triggered an hours-long lockdown of the Waterloo, Ont., campus just a couple of weeks after the carnage in Oregon. More...

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6 janvier 2016

More attention should be paid to university students' mental health

By Rob Whitley. The holidays were a welcome break for students after the end-of-term stresses of December. But January can also be an overwhelming month, as many return from the familiarity of home to the harsh realities of university life.
That said, sympathy for students has been in short supply lately. Recent news has not shown them in a positive light. This includes the cancellation of free yoga classes at the University of Ottawa due to concerns about “cultural appropriation,” and the refusal of Ryerson Students’ Union to recognize a men’s issues group on the grounds of “safety.” These give the impression that students are over-sensitive and mollycoddled babies. More...

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6 janvier 2016

What Higher Education Can Do about Yik Yak

By Tracy Mitrano. Last week’s blog post originally came out of a conversation with a journalist who called me about a month ago to ask if there was anything legal that a college or university could do about Yik Yak. In short, my answer was no. Read more...

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6 janvier 2016

A Visit From St. Nicholas

By Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe. 'Twas the night before Finals, when all through the dorm
Not a creature was stirring, fear was the norm;
The iPhones were placed in their chargers with care,
In hopes that inspiration soon would be there;
The students were seated cross-legged on their beds;
While visions of problem sets danced in their heads. More...

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6 janvier 2016

I Have Seen the Glories of the Grading Contract...

By John Warner. I have seen the glories of using a grading contract in my first-year writing course and I am never going back to my previous ways. Read more...

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6 janvier 2016

I Cannot Prepare Students to Write Their (History, Philosophy, Sociology, Poly Sci., etc...) Papers

By John Warner. Occasionally, one hears grumbling from faculty who assign writing in their courses about the apparent lack of preparation of students to successfully execute those assignments. Read more...

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