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Canadian students pay too much for textbooks
New copyright licensing deal won’t help: Jesse Brown
Canadian universities’ Brazilian ambition
Last October I wrote a really strange column noting that the government of Brazil is sending 75,000 students abroad on scholarships, and Brazilian businesses were bankrolling another 25,000, and Canada was way behind in recruiting those students to Canadian universities.
A two-tier system?
As lectures grow, special classes emerge for the academically-inclined
A lesson for presidents on academic freedom
AUCC’s new statement needs some editing: Pettigrew
Harper in Brazil: the critics are raving
And just this once, I mean the title non-ironically. The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada “applauds” and “is delighted by” Harper’s announcement of increased Canada-Brazil cooperation in higher education and research. And it “welcomes” a plan to open three new visa centres in Brazil.
More Asian?
It’s a veritable blitz the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has launched in India this month, in an attempt to put Canadian universities higher on the list of options the best Indian students consider when they head off to higher education. Fifteen Canadian university presidents are in India, along with federal science and technology minister Gary Goodyear.
Education groups divided over copyright legislation
Concerns arise over whether the education exception is neutered by digital locks
SFU pursues American accreditation
With no Canadian accreditation body, universities look south of the border for stamp of approval
The return of ‘voluntary’ retirement
The academic labour market never gets any breathing room