Town and Gown – the university's been here since…
I’ve been spending a lot of time reading The Washington Post‘s higher education site over the last few weeks. It is a well-laid out informative heavy package. A couple of things I like about it: It links out to other higher education media web sites, including the “competition”:…
Town and Gown – the university's been here since…
I’ve been spending a lot of time reading The Washington Post‘s higher education site over the last few weeks. It is a well-laid out informative heavy package. A couple of things I like about it: It links out to other higher education media web sites, including the “competition”:…
Jack MacDonald dead at 83
I cannot begin to express my sadness at learning of the death, today, of former Hamilton Mayor Jack MacDonald. While he served as Mayor before I was even born, he had a great impact upon me. I first met Jack as a teenager when I spoke at the…
65 years later – Victory in Europe Day
Today marks the 65th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War. It’s hard to imagine the reality of total war to my generation; we’ve thankfully never experienced war. The Hamilton Spectator published a special section today, which is not available behind the subscriber firewall – yes,…
Ivy League university faces lawsuit over handling of sexual assault allegations
Brown University is facing a lawsuit stemming from a rape allegation in 2006. *The Associated Press *reports is available online. Depending what occurs as the lawsuit moves forward, the case could result in changes to how universities deal with serious *criminal *accusations within their campuses. Many universities, including…
Email server problems – again
I’m having difficulties with my email server again today and I’m trying to resolve them. At the present time, some emails have been delayed up to four hours getting to me. I probably should’ve invested in a better web hosting service.…
CAUT lifts censure of FNUC
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has voted unanimously to lift its censure of the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) in response to governance changes the University implemented in February. The changes were finally begun after both the provincial and federal governments cut funding to the…
The new Facebook like feature
I’ve quickly updated my website design this evening to include the Facebook like feature to each of my posts. It took less than a minute thanks to this informative post I found via @BlogHighEd (http://www.bloghighed.org/)…
Maclean's Urback is wrong to attack Queen's president
In her last commentary for *Maclean’s OnCampus, *Robyn Urback goes after Queen’s University president Daniel Wolfe.” Urback writes “‘paternalism’ is the new “freedom of thought’” at Queen’s. What grave offence against civilization has Dr. Wolfe committed to earn the scorn of *Maclean’s *star blogger? He announced a five…
Maclean's Urback is wrong to attack Queen's president
In her last commentary for *Maclean’s OnCampus, *Robyn Urback goes after Queen’s University president Daniel Wolfe.” Urback writes “‘paternalism’ is the new “freedom of thought’” at Queen’s. What grave offence against civilization has Dr. Wolfe committed to earn the scorn of *Maclean’s *star blogger? He announced a five…