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13 juin 2015

Does ‘publish-or-perish’ attitude hurt post-secondary education?

By Simona Chiose. There’s no sage on a stage in Mikael Hellstrom’s classroom. Instead, the sessional instructor in political science puts lectures on his own YouTube channel and uses classroom time to have students “play” their way through his course. Read more...

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13 juin 2015

Doors and windows: goals needn’t be mutually exclusive

By Liz Koblyk. That saying about how, “every time a door closes, a window opens” never struck me as compelling. I was far more likely to feel immobilized by the idea that looking out the window required closing a door. More...

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13 juin 2015

Programs to enhance your research, writing and presenting skills

By Melonie Fullick. Recently, I’ve been thinking about the digital tools I use in the process of researching and writing and whether others may find these programs useful. Here, I focus on tools I’ve worked with in various ways for academic and other research over the past year. More...

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13 juin 2015

I, robot, need ethical guidance

By Tim Jonhson. Scholars say the rise of automated, and increasingly autonomous, robotic technologies requires greater ethical scrutiny. More...

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13 juin 2015

High-profile academic fraud a symptom of underlying dysfunction

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...

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13 juin 2015

Filling in the postsecondary education data gaps

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...

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13 juin 2015

Universities face many types of influence

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

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13 juin 2015

Science students need the liberal arts

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...

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13 juin 2015

Researchers take a first look at Canada’s second-hand economy

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...

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13 juin 2015

Ryerson makes its mark on Yonge Street

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...

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