Bulletin Archive

Algoma University College The senate of Algoma University College has been handed the task of bringing forward a long-term academic plan to restructure and reallocate academic resources to redress Algoma's short-term financial crisis. This is a vastly different plan than […]

On Nov. 5 the governing body of UNESCO adopted the international statement on the status of higher education teaching personnel. This covers both individual rights (civil rights, academic freedom, terms and conditions of employment) as well as individual responsibilities. It […]

Readers of the CAUT Bulletin over the past decade will be familiar with the case of former Brock University employee Mary Warner. Mrs. Warner, a secretary in the history department at Brock for 15 years, gave evidence to the university's […]

Approved: Model Clause on Openness and Transparency. An initiative of the Collective Bargaining & Economic Benefits Committee, the model clause was derived from the CAUT policy approved in 1995. The purpose of the clause is to acknowledge the understanding of […]

Delivering Distance Education Distance education, off-campus instruction, distributed learning programs -- such terms are occurring with increasing frequency in academic literature. Such programs have expanded rapidly in the last few years and the trend is likely to continue as the […]

Mme Gwendolyn Ebbett, de l'Université de Windsor, a reçu le prix des Bibliothécaires pour services émérites de 1997 à l'occasion de l'assemblée de novembre du Conseil. Mme Ebbett a contribué de façon remarquable à la profession en cherchant à faire […]

Delays in drafting several regulations in the new copyright act have provided creator and user communities an unexpected opportunity to voice their concerns. The legislation, entitled An Act to Amend the Copyright Act, passed third reading on April 26 and […]

es délégués ont appris avec stupéfaction que le recteur de l'Université Carleton, Richard van Loon, avait convoqué une conférence de presse le jeudi 20 novembre, à laquelle aucun professeur n'avait été invité, pour annoncer que de 20 à 30 postes […]

Information technology has an impact on many aspects of academic life -- university-business linkages, possible privatization of programs, the perceived role of the university, ownership of course materials, electronic journals, reward systems for academic staff, academic freedom, performance indicators, student […]

Robert Rosebrugh, président de la Caisse de défense de l'ACPPU, a fait état au Conseil des deux importantes décisions prises par le conseil d'administration de la Caisse lors de l'assemblée générale annuelle tenue en octobre dernier. Ces deux décisions entraînent […]

David Beattie, director of operations for the SchoolNet system funded by Industry Canada, addressed delegates about the challenges facing electronic publishing in Canada. He spoke from the perspective of a government department which is encouraging learned journals to acquire an […]

Il est tentant de penser que nous sommes à un point tournant de l'Histoire. Malgré le ton déclamatoire de cette affirmation, il y a quand même des rapprochements à faire à l'aube de l'an 2000. Celui-ci rappelle d'autres points tournants, […]