By Alex Usher. The term is coming to a close, and so it’s time for me to – as usual – thank all of you so much for having continued to read these jumbled, fevered ramblings for another 12 months.  If you have any comments or suggestions or even requests – just send them my way at info@higheredstrategy.com: I’m always looking for ideas.

Happy holidays to you all and best wishes for the new year.  Be excellent to each other and all that.

The blog will return on January 7^th. More...

By Alex Usher. Last week, the Ontario Auditor General put out a report on the Ontario Student Assistance Program and more specifically the new Ontario Student Grants – you know, the ones that made the province’s Targeted Free Tuition program possible. More...

By Alex Usher. For some time now, Statistics Canada has been working on at least partially superseding the National Graduates Survey (NGS) with something much better – a direct link between school-record and tax data, allowing for a more thorough and complete examination of trends in education and the labour market. More...

By Alex Usher. You all know the drill.  I read a bunch of higher ed books every year (not all of them published this year) and then just before XMAS I give you my picks.  Serious higher ed nerds seem to enjoy it, but some of you will want to skip this. More...