Ontario uni prez contract chart updated
I’ve updated the presidential contract chart to include contracts for Executive Heads of OCAD and Queen’s. I’m going to be adding contracts across the country in the near future.…
Barrie Examiner: Uni pres pay enforces class structure
The Barrie Examiner devotes their Saturday editorial to out-of-control university presidential compensation.…
For the record … and other reads from the past week
I’d be the student reading the newspaper in class. This is definitely a fluke accident. $45-million for Brandon College. USask coaches can now take leave every seven years. “My school’s got more green than yours” – and they’re not talking money. Tobacco plants may have a positive impact…
Former student president pleas guilty to theft
(I know I noted this situation a few months ago, but I can’t seem to find that post – frustration!) A former University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee student association president plead guilty to a charge of misdemeanor theft as part of a plead bargain today. Russell Rueden admitted…
It took time, but the takeover is finally moving forward
The SFUO will be joining the Canadian Federation of Students after three years of battle surrounding the issue.…
HEQCO releases three papers
The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) announce the release of three research papers earlier today. The topics of the papers are polytechnic education, PSE participation/accessibility, and data collection/management in the PSE sector. The papers are not available online, instead you have to email HEQCO to request…
Sad news: AP reports Randy Pausch dead at 47
The following was sent out by The Canadian Press about an hour ago: Professor whose ‘last lecture’ about terminal cancer became sensation dies1 hour ago PITTSBURGH — Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a…
Something you don’t see every day
A Board of Regents decides to not increase tuition.…
It’s going to get good over there…
I have to call it a day for blogging – I really need to finish up other stuff. However, I see in the back-end of the site here that Carson Jerema is really motivated this week. He’s working on another provocative post as you read this text. So,…
Does he get credit for trying?
A former1 University of New Brunswick engineering student will be enjoying plenty of time at home to study during the next year after being sentenced to one year of house arrest. The Times & Transcriptreports William Mulewa, 26, plead guilty to a count of uttering a forged document…