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American efforts to open up education services in current trade negotiations suffered a serious setback last month when the European Commission announced it was ruling out any immediate commitments to liberalize post-secondary education services. EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy said […]

The share of British university students coming from the poorest families has fallen dramatically since the introduction of tuition fees, concludes a new study prepared by the U.K. Department for Education and Skills. The research, by Steve Machin, one of […]

CAUT is adding its voice to more than 50 groups concerned about the impact of globalization and trade agreements on local cultures. The International Network for Cultural Diversity is a worldwide coalition of artists, authors, media workers and other cultural […]

University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian, along with seven others, has been charged in a 50-count indictment with supporting, financing and relaying messages for a Palestinian terrorist group. The indictment accuses the men of being members of the Palestinian […]

CAUT has joined the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG), a coalition of civil rights advocates, NGOs, churches, unions, environmental advocates, other faith groups and groups representing immigrant and refugee communities in Canada. The group serves as a roundtable for […]

The University of Moncton is objecting to certification of its contract academic staff by the union representing teaching faculty at the university. Following a successful organizing drive last April, the university's faculty association, l'Association des bibliothécaires et des professeurs et […]

British Columbia's students can expect higher fees and a continued decline in quality, college educators and university teachers are warning. The comments come on the heels of the latest provincial budget which froze provincial grants to universities and colleges. "While […]

Le collège St. Michael's de l'Université de Toronto est vivement critiqué par la population étudiante, le corps professoral et les organismes de santé. Ils veulent que l'école rembourse un don controversé qu'elle a reçu d'une société productrice de tabac. Il […]

Les étudiants et étudiantes en droit de l'Université du Manitoba ont voté en faveur d'une hausse de près du double des droits de scolarité de leur école, mais seulement pour les nouveaux étudiants. " Ils ont voté pour une hausse […]

Le gouvernement du Québec mène une enquête pour vérifier si l'Université McGill n'exige pas des droits de scolarité trop élevés aux étudiants étrangers. Les universités québécoises peuvent imposer aux étudiants étrangers des droits de scolarité d'au plus 10 188 $ […]

L'Université de Moncton s'oppose à l'accréditation de son personnel universitaire contractuel par le syndicat représentant le corps professoral à l'université. En avril 2002, après une fructueuse campagne de syndicalisation, l'Association des bibliothécaires et des professeurs et professeures de l'Université de […]

Federal privacy commissioner George Radwanski is warning the right to privacy in Canada is under assault as never before. In his annual report to Parliament released last month, Radwanski said, “Unless the Government of Canada is quickly dissuaded from its […]