BUDGET 2008: That’s it?
The 2008 federal budget had been widely expected to contain several major initiatives in higher education, but what the Conservative government delivered on Tuesday was instead a modest tinkering with the status quo, with some additional money for research, and housekeeping changes at two major student aid programs.…
Budget 2008: No interest rate cut for Canada Student Loan borrowers
After a year long review, the Conservative government announced only administrative changes to the Canada Student Loans Program in the 2008/09 federal budget. Although sources close to government expected an interest rate cut, the Conservative government did not set student loan interest at prime. The federal rate will…
Post-secondary recruitment in isolated or disadvantaged communities
The *Hamilton Spectator *ran a story on Saturday about a recruitment trip by Hamilton’s Mohawk College to Moose Factory in northern Ontario. The story itself is very interesting. It is also nationally relevant – it speaks to a wider issue, the need for all post-secondary institutions to actively…
News release of the year
Colleges Ontario put out a news release at 11am this morning about its "Obay" viral marketing campaign. The campaign involves advertisements for a fictional mind-control medicine which stops young people from thinking for themselves. The goal of the campaign is to encourage parents to stop discouraging their children…
While I play tourist in Ottawa
I am going to play “tourist” today in Ottawa. (I’m really meeting with people in preparation for tomorrow’s budget but checking out the sights on the side) So, while this blog plays dead for the next 6 hours (expect posts about 5pm eastern), you can visit Paul Wells…
Let’s go to McMaster
This Friday, McMaster University will be the scene of a Toronto-organized protest in favour of useless rhetoric. McMaster University denied the Palestinian “solidarity movement” the ability to hang banners screaming “Israeli Apartheid.” This attack on inflammatory and inaccurate words cannot be tolerated. How dare the university require truth…
Avoid the UOttawa food
I’m presently at the University of Ottawa campus. I have been wandering around Ottawa since about 6am. Managed to get myself lost on a bus into Hull. I couldn’t seem to find a breakfast place that looked decent downtown. I figured that since I planned to visit UOttawa…
Travelling on a student budget
We here at Maclean’s On Campus believe in understanding the student experience – hence we eat the best and worst of cafeteria food, report on the best and worse of campus politics, randomly visit campuses asking all sorts of questions and have a limited travel budget – Greyhound…
The next trend in housing?
USAToday reports on what appears to be a first in the United States: mandatory alcohol education for students living in an off-campus sorority house. Not a bad idea at all, frankly, this should be a serious component of orientation in on-campus residences as well. I took the University…
Larry King Live with Larry King … really?
As a starving student, I don’t have cable. Instead, I grab things over the internet that interest me and watch CNN online. I used to watch Larry King when I had cable, but haven’t for years. King’s guest earlier this week was Jon Stewart of The Daily Show.…