Bulletin Archive

Donald Philip Verene. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2002; 112 pp; hardcover $18.95 US. In The Art of Humane Education, Donald Phillip Verene presents a new statement of the classical and humanist ideals that he believes should guide education […]

F. King Alexander & Kern Alexander, eds. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002; 200 pp; hardcover $70 CA., paper $27.95 CA. The expectations that society places on higher education are remarkably consistent between nations and the problems and issues […]

Mary Ann Wynkoop. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2002; 232 pp; hardcover $49.95 US., paper $19.95 US. This grassroots view of student activism in the 1960s chronicles the years of protest at one Midwestern American university. Located in a […]

Values in Conflict: The University, the Marketplace and the Trials of Liberal Education Paul Axelrod. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002; 200 pp; hardcover $65 CA., paper $24.95 CA. As the end of a teaching term approaches, and grant […]

Due to the intense lobbying efforts of Principal William Leggett, Queen's University is often seen as leading the charge to establish a two-tiered education system in Canada. The latest chapter in this saga is an attempt to revive deregulation under […]

Un sondage que l'ACPPU a rendu public ce mois-ci laisse clairement entendre que la population canadienne s'inquiète que la hausse des droits de scolarité empêche des finissants qualifiés du secondaire de poursuivre des études collégiales ou universitaires. D'après les résultats […]

Les professeurs à temps partiel et les chargés de cours ont voté à l'unanimité l'adhésion à l'Algoma University College Faculty Association à titre d'unité de négociation distincte. Karl Jirgens, président de l'AUCFA, a déclaré que l'association se réjouissait de la […]

The other evening I was at a dinner with a group of academics and non-academic professionals when the subject turned to tenure. I wasn't surprised by the opposition to tenure expressed by the non-academics, as there is always some resentment […]

Des professeures demandent une enquête spéciale Huit professeures demandent à la Commission canadienne des droits de la personne de mener une enquête spéciale sur des allégations voulant que le Programme de chaires de recherches du Canada soit discriminatoire à l'égard […]

A court in Egypt has acquitted a prominent university professor of a series of charges, in a ruling campaigners for democracy and human rights issues are hailing as a victory. The Court of Cassation returned a verdict of not guilty […]

L'ACPPU s'est jointe à un grand nombre d'organismes qui mettent en doute le projet de loi du gouvernement fédéral, le projet de loi C-17 ou la Loi sur la sécurité publique. Comparaissant devant le comité parlementaire spécial mis sur pied […]

The financial collapse of a major periodical subscription service earlier this year could cost university and college libraries in Canada and the United States millions of dollars in prepaid subscription orders. RoweCom Inc., one of the world's largest journal distributors, […]