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Canadian Association of University Teachers
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Defending Academic Values
Presentation by Mike Jennings, General Secretary, Irish Federation of University Teachers at the CAUT Council, Ottawa, April 30, 2008
In a speech to CAUT Council, Mike Jennings, general secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, addresses the international struggle to defend academic freedom against those whose concept of the value of higher education is as a “narrow, short-term job qualification and economy-server.”Click here for the entire speech.
Canadian Post-Secondary Education at a Crossroads
Presentation by James L. Turk, Executive Director, Canadian Association of University Teachers at the National Dialogue on Higher Education, Ottawa, November 27, 2005
The Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences is to be congratulated for bringing together the key organizations involved in post-secondary education at this critical moment in our history. Not only is a federal election imminent but Canadian post-secondary education is at a crossroads.
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