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Don Tapscott, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998; 338 pp; hardcover $32.95 ca, $22.95 us his book profiles the rise of the Net Generation, which is using digital technology to change the way individuals and society interact. Essential reading for parents, teachers, […]

Mohammed Mujeeb Rahman, Toronto: OmniView Publishing, 1997; 170 pp; paper $16.95 ca The primary purpose of higher education is the cultivation of intellect for its own sake, not a preparation for a specialized job-market. This book contends that most universities […]

Les changements socio-politiques à grande échelle sont un peu comme la neige à Timmins ou la pluie à Vancouver : ils s'installent furtivement. Lorsque vous les remarquez, leurs effets se font déjà sentir un peu partout et ils sont irréversibles. […]

Le conseil d'université de l'Université Carleton a voté, trois semaines avant Noël, en faveur d'un projet d'abolition de programmes d'enseignement dans deux facultés émanant des cadres supérieurs. À l'instar d'autres universités, le conseil d'université de Carleton constitue la plus haute […]

Program Closures & Layoffs During the first week of December the Carleton University Senate voted to accept a proposal by senior administrators to close academic programs in two faculties. As at other universities, the senate is Carleton's highest authority in […]

I thought I was reading a Franz Kafka novel, not a report in the CAUT Bulletin (Newsline, December): Mary Warner was fired 11 years ago, but the case has apparently just been "settled?" It took six years for her to […]

The research community has lost a passionate and eloquent advocate through the death of Dr. Keith Brimacombe on Dec. 16, in Vancouver of a heart attack. It was only this past October that he assumed the tremendous challenge of becoming […]

On Nov. 11, 1997 the General Conference of UNESCO adopted a statement on the rights and responsibilities of higher education teaching personnel. Excerpts are highlighted below. This is an unofficial version available at www.caut.ca. The official version will be on […]

UNESCO is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations. Full Title - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Foundation - London in November 1945, and came into existence one year later when 20 states ratified the constitution; […]

The Rights & Responsibilities of Academics In November, the governing body of UNESCO, meeting in Paris, adopted an international statement on the rights and responsibilities of higher education teaching personnel. This was the culmination of a long campaign by CAUT […]

Under the ironically titled caption "Good Research Makes Good News," the latest fulminations of NSERC president Tom Brztustowski were recently declared in selected Canadian university bulletins and publications. Brztustowski celebrates a growing success story in which researchers across Canada are […]

The Canadian Consortium for Research (CCR) is the name enthusiastically adopted in 1997 for what was previously known as the National Consortium of Educational and Scientific Societies. CCR trips off the tongue much more readily and the name succinctly captures […]