Columns & Opinions

In My Opinion

A case for undergraduate research

February 1, 2012

A response to Academic Reform: Policy Options for Improving the Quality and Cost-effectiveness of Undergraduate Education in Ontario.

In My Opinion

How much is too much research on pedagogy?

January 25, 2012

And other problems with teaching-only universities.

In My Opinion

Can student cheating be weeded out?

January 18, 2012

New research on academic integrity at universities.

From the administrator's chair

A modest proposal to recognize undergraduate teaching

January 9, 2012

Recently there’s been an upsurge in criticism about the relative resources and time that universities put into undergraduate teaching.

In My Opinion

Mobilizing knowledge

January 9, 2012

Sharing our research more effectively.

In My Opinion

Yes, Canadian universities do discriminate against their own graduates

January 9, 2012

The following is a response to the 2009 article, “PhD: To what end?”


Archive
In My Opinion
Art schools’ place in the global society

Art and design schools respond to demands of 21st-century education.

December 14, 2011
In My Opinion
The overseas postdoc

A French Canadian in Switzerland.

December 13, 2011
Book Review
A historian’s history

Biographer turns the light on himself and his times.

December 13, 2011
Talking out of school
The high cost of part-time study

Don’t be fooled - it is not always a wise choice for undergrads.

November 30, 2011
In My Opinion
University differentiation should not mean ‘two-tiered’

Quality vs. quantity.

November 29, 2011
In My Opinion
The humanities in the culture of research

In an era of eroding government support, it’s little wonder that universities have felt pressure to adopt an entrepreneurial approach to knowledge.

November 23, 2011
In My Opinion
Peer review could improve teaching assessment

The systems now used to evaluate teaching by professors are highly inadequate.

November 10, 2011
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