Business-friendly think tanks, corporations and their friends in government want consumer satisfaction to reward and punish professors and universities. They want market forces to replace public bodies in educational decision making.
The Canadian Association of University Teachers releases the first book in its monograph series — Neil Tudiver's Universities for Sale: Resisting Corporate Control over Canadian Higher Education.
Freedom of expression, the cornerstone of a democratic society, is under attack in Canada, the United States and internationally. Anti-terrorism legislation and police crackdowns on dissent and protest are undermining civil liberties.
CAUT is pleased to announce publication of "The Corporate Campus: Commercialization and the Dangers to Canada’s Colleges and Universities", edited by James Turk. This is the second book in the CAUT Series.
During 2008–2009, pro-Israeli lobby organizations and individuals made concerted efforts to block a planned conference at Toronto’s York University on models of statehood and paths to peace in Israel and Palestine.
Manadatory retirement has become a major social and political issue in Canada. In this book expert authors explore the key themes that lie at the heart of the debate on this subject.
The distinguished contributors to this book examine the subject of corporate sponsorship, exploring the influences of powerful industries such as tobacco and pharmaceutical companies.