post-secondary system
UW professors vote re: joining secondary school teachers’ union
I’ve always been worried by the talk south of the border of a “K – 16″ educational system. I’m not quite sure how we’re supposed to believe that it’s a good idea for the same people who teach “A, B, C..” to be contained within the same organizational unit as those who teach astrophysics and [...]
Professors recognized with 3M National Teaching Fellowship
3M Canada, in partnership with the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), today announced 2008′s 10 recipients of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. Congratulations to: - Mazorgata Dubiel, Simon Fraser University - Katherine Frego, University of New Brunswick (Saint John) - Sorel Friedman, Université de Montréal - Robert Lapp, Mount Allison University [...]
More joint activity between colleges and universities
The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo area paper) recently highlighted some of the newest cooperation going on between Ontario community colleges and universities. A meeting of school presidents was held a couple of weeks ago. Tibbits (Conestoga College president) said presidents of Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Guelph, University of Windsor and McMaster University plan to attend the [...]