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These days, most British comment on American higher education paints it as the isles of the blessed: the best universities, the best laboratories and libraries, the best paid professors, with needs-blind admission and no Laura Spence cases to boot. This […]

Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning MoreDerek Bok. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2005; 424 pp; ISBN: 978-0-691-12596-1, hardcover $29.95 US. A Larger Sense of Purpose: Higher Education […]

CLC secretary-treasurer Hassan Yussuff to address CAUT Council on workplace health & safety. [Photo: Canadian Labour Congress] CAUT Council will mark Canada’s National Day of Mourning in memory of those killed or injured at work with a moment of silence […]

Yaroslav Senyshyn will perform at a benefit concert in Ottawa this month. An Ottawa project that provides university courses for homeless and low-income people will be the beneficiary of a benefit concert CAUT is sponsoring this month. Featuring internationally recognized […]

Ontario’s Liberal government and the ruling New Democrats in Saskatchewan have made their plans clear in pre-election budgets tabled last month. Ontario Students Get ZipThe big message in the Ontario government’s budget on March 22 was on anti-poverty measures and […]

A major survey looking at academic work will be launched this fall by CAUT. “Few aspects of academic life in Canada are more complex, or less well studied, than faculty workloads,” said James Turk, executive director of CAUT. “Relying as […]

Relations between the University of Regina and two of its federated colleges are undergoing a welcome transformation, following a change in leadership at the university. Under its previous president and vice-chancellor, Robert Hawkins, the university cut about 40 per cent […]

A motion approved by the University of Alberta’s Board of Governors last month calls for eliminating mandatory retirement at 65 for academic staff. The board’s move mirrors the support for the change by a task force of administrators and academic […]

Anteneh Getnet, Meqcha Mengistu & Tilahun Ayalew Three elected officers of the Ethiopian Teachers Association who were released from unlawful detention last month experienced torture and other abuse, Education International said in a press release April 3. Tilahun Ayalew, Meqcha […]

The University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association reached agreement March 22 with the university on a four-year contract deal, after working without one for almost two years. The agreement stipulates a two-year retro contract for 2005–2007 and a new contract for […]

Le secrétaire-trésorier du Congrès du travail du Canada, Hassan Yussuff, prononcera une allocution sur la santé et la sécurité au travail lors de l'assemblée du Conseil de l'ACPPU. Photo: Congrès du travail du Canada Le Conseil de l’ACPPU soulignera le […]

Au début de février, j’ai eu le plaisir de célébrer l’inauguration des nouveaux bureaux de l’ACPPU (voir l’article et la photo dans le Bulletin de février), situés à deux pas de notre ancien immeuble, que nous occupions depuis son achèvement […]