Monthly Archives: September 2012

Adèle Mercier, Mindless Editorial Drivel (29 September 2012)

Letter to the Editor, sent to Queen’s Journal by Professor Adèle Mercier, Department of Philosophy, on 29 September 2012, in response to editorials of 28 September 2012.  (The Journal did not publish the Letter.) [RE: “Abstract Realities,” “Needless Spending,” Sept 28] … Continue reading

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CAUT: Assault on labour rights and post-secondary education (21 September 2012)

For this important post please see QUFA Forum.

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Mark Jones, Toward a Response to “Strengthening Ontario’s Centres” (19 September 2012)

Emailed to Provost Alan Harrison on 19 September 2012, in response to his call for submissions. Slightly revised for posting. Dear Provost Harrison: Thank you for your invitation for input on the Ministry’s discussion paper, “Strengthening Ontario’s Centres…” (SOC).  Like … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Hanson, The Fantasy of Online Education (18 September 2012)

Letter to CBC Radio in response to Ira Basen’s documentary, The Big Disruption: Universities in the Digital Age (The Sunday Edition, 9 September 2012).  Posted by permission. To CBC Sunday Morning As a professor in an Ontario university I listened with … Continue reading

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Mark Jones, Heads Up on Ontario’s Aims for Post-Secondary Education (13 September 2012)

A Provincial “discussion paper,” “Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge” (SOC), was issued by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) on 28 June 2012, and was followed up with a series of “consultations” (really more like … Continue reading

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