By Robert Talbert. This post is another interview with a leader in the area of inquiry-based learning in university mathematics instruction. These interviews are hopefully whetting your appetite for the Legacy of RL Moore/Inquiry Based Learning conference in Austin at the end of this month. More...
By John Schlueter. I teach in, and coordinate, a General Educational Development program at a community college just south of Chicago. Every week I say hello to a student I had in a class and who has been taking classes with us for the past year and a half. This student knows exactly what he wants to do: get his commercial driving license (we have a great program on campus) and find employment driving trucks. He’s hard-working, smart, punctual, and respectful. He’d have no trouble getting through the program. There is only one thing standing in his way: the GED exam. More...
By . Every once in awhile, when politicians of a certain mindset get going on the subject of how much money is being wasted in higher education, they fall back on a line about “why can’t universities be more self-sufficient”, or better yet, “why can’t they just fundraise more, like American universities do”. More...
By Matthew M. Chingos and Martin R. West. The two most significant laws governing education in this nation, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Higher Education Act (HEA), are both well past due for a congressional update. ESEA was last reauthorized in 2002, with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, and the latest iteration of HEA was authorized in 2008. Despite widespread consensus that these laws need to be rewritten, every attempt at reauthorization in recent years has been met with failure. More...
ByEllie Bothwell. But new report reveals that the president was not the highest-paid person on campus at more than half of institutions. More...
By Jared Lindzon. As a new generation of Canadian students prepares to make the transition from high school to college or university, a small number will consider taking a year off to travel, work, volunteer and carefully consider some of the most important decisions they will need to make in their young lives – though many more would benefit from doing so. Read more...By Shane Dingman. A record number of Canadians are taking U.S. billionaire Peter Thiel up on his controversial offer: Drop out of school and he’ll give you $100,000 (U.S.) to pursue your dream. Read more...By Barrie McKenna. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission report contains an eye-straining 94 recommendations for righting the wrongs done to aboriginals in Canada – everything from erecting monuments to creating a national holiday. Read 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 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...
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