Online professor evaluations are useless to me
It’s that time of the year again, time to pick my classes for the coming academic year. I usually decide on my courses in five steps. 1) Read the academic calendar to find courses that interest me. 2) Print out a calendar grid for timetabling. Write all potential…
Summary of thoughts on the NB working group PSE report
A lot of what was in the report was common-sense. The major flaw with the report is the constant call for the creation of new bureaucracies. A lot of the ideas could, and should, be implemented within the existing bureaucracies of N.B. higher education. This WG report creates…
President’s $1.4-million golden handshake
After nearly two years of fighting against public disclosure, McMaster University released the contract of its president Peter George to *The Hamilton Spectator *today. The contract —posted by *The Spectator *on it’s website — reveals that George will receive a golden handshake of nearly $1.4 million after his…
Let’s play the post-secondary buzzword game!
I will be updating this post as I read New Brunswick’s latest post-secondary review which was released today. Week’s after the report was leaked to the media, the New Brunswick government finally released the report of its “Working Group” on post-secondary reform. You may recall last year the “Commission on…
Monte stays!
Monte Solberg didn’t get moved in today’s mini-cabinet shuffle. This means I get to continue chasing him, especially since he got a free pass last time we saw each other.…
Let the silly summer news season began
UBC hates the environment, loves making money from selling bottled water.…
Where’s Monte going?
David Akin of Canwest News Servicessays his sources are telling him that briefing papers are being made ready for a new minister federally in Human Resources. This means Monte Solberg may be moving – and I get a new minister to chase for answers – in an expect…
Gordon Campbell writes-off higher education in cabinet shuffle
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell announced his election cabinet in a shuffle today. I immediately looked for who the new minister of advanced education would be. Turns out the new minister is same as the old. I guess Campbell does not care about higher education this election cycle.…
I love transit media advisories
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is making another public transit announcement at a GO Transit station tomorrow. I always find these announcements to be ironic since they usually involve speeches about encouraging the use of public transit but everyone – including the transit officials – shows up in…
NY Columbia professor accused of plagiarism is dismissed
A Columbia University professor who garnered international attention after a noose was discovered hanging from her office door last fall has been fired over allegations of plagiarism, according to a report from the Associated Press. Administrators at Columbia’s Teacher’s College said in a letter to faculty Monday that…