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Privatization of education has increased over the past l0 years throughout the Americas, leading to deterioration in the quality of education in public schools, reduced access for lower-income citizens, and the use of public funds to subsidize private education. The […]

Les professeurs d'université et de collège de la Colombie-Britannique préviennent que la nouvelle commission d'évaluation de la qualité des diplômes (Degree Quality Assessment Board), annoncée le mois dernier, diminuera la qualité et l'accessibilité de l'enseignement postsecondaire dans la province. " […]

Distinguished scientist, humanitarian and feminist Ursula Franklin is the 12th recipient of CAUT's Sarah Shorten Award. Renowned for her achievements in the field of metallurgy, Franklin has also worked tirelessly to bring a humane and feminist voice to the world […]

Nick Martin, journaliste en éducation du Winnipeg Free Press, est le lauréat du prix national d'excellence en journalisme de cette année. M. Martin a reçu le Prix d'excellence en journalisme dans le domaine de l'enseignement postsecondaire lors de la 54e […]

A report released last month by the American Association of University Professors says the University of South Florida violated the academic rights of a controversial professor who it suspended and later dismissed without giving him an opportunity to respond to […]

Presque cinq ans après que l'Université Mount Allison lui eut refusé de le nommer professeur émérite, Michael Thorpe obtient son titre. M. Thorpe, reconnu pour ses critiques véhémentes à l'endroit des administrateurs de l'université, a pris sa retraite en 1997, […]

British Columbia's public school teachers say the provincial government is trying to silence their criticism by eliminating teachers' ability to govern the profession. Under proposed changes to the Teaching Profession Act introduced in the provincial legislature last month, the structure […]

Deborah Keahey & Deborah Schnitzer. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2003; 215 pp; paper $24.95 CA. An original and highly subversive critique of the academy by women affiliated with universities and colleges across Canada, The Madwoman in the Academy explores […]

Roberta Hamilton. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002; 353 pp; hardcover $45 CA. As registrar of Queen's University, Jean Royce shaped the university's development, and personified the university for generations of students. Appointed in 1933 by men who sought to […]

Pursuing Academic Freedom: "Free and Fearless"? Len M. Findlay & Paul M. Bidwell, eds. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Purich Publishing Ltd., 2001; 245 pp; paper $28.50 CA. People seem to agree that Academic Freedom is a Good Thing, leaving the impression they […]

In early June, CAUT's executive committee established an independent committee of inquiry into the situation of Dr. Kin-Yip Chun, a physicist at the University of Toronto. "We hope the committee can get to the heart of this very contentious situation […]

University and college faculty in British Columbia are warning the new Degree Quality Assessment Board unveiled last month will lower the quality and accessibility of post-secondary education in the province. "I fear the real motive is to allow private for-profit […]