UWO to release president’s contract
UPDATE: News story, including a link to the full contract, available here. The University of Western Ontario put out a statement this morning saying they are releasing the contact of UWO president Paul Davenport following a media request. “A member of the media has asked for a copy…
Somebody give this administration an ‘A’ for their stupidity
An administrator at Britain’s Manchester Metropolitan University sent an internal e-mail telling instructors to inflate student marks to compete with other universities. The BBC says the email was sent to computing and mathematics staff by the department’s academic standards manager. I’d say the academic standards manager should be…
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.…