CBD oil is very popular right now and people are using it for all kinds of reasons. Some people who suffer from chronic pain conditions are using CBD oils as pain relief medication. While some people are using it to help with mental conditions like anxiety disorders or depression. And some people are using it […] … learn more→
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Amazon pullout from NYC shows the perils of partnerships between higher education and business
Amazon’s recent decision to pull out of plans to establish a new headquarters in New York City received a lot of attention. Much of it focused on whether the big tax breaks the company would have gotten as part of the deal were fair and reasonable. Noting that the company would have brought 25,000 new jobs and […] … learn more→
Whatever happened to the good old fashioned academic home page?
How should you present yourself as an academic on the internet? It’s a vexed question. There are just so many options for making a ‘place’ where people can find out more about you that it can be hard to make a decision. I’ve been thinking about this since Blair wrote to me with a question: […] … learn more→
The racial lens blocks vision
Angry student: “Why do I have to learn algebra? I’m only going to be teaching eight year olds!” Me: “Because the parents of eight year olds want their teachers to know more than an eight year old.” –I used to get Education majors quite often in my math courses, before they became cloistered into special […] … learn more→
Drop around for a visit
Having someone come to visit is always nice. Unless they arrive unannounced, or stay too long, or too many people come at once, or… actually, there are a myriad of things that can go wrong with visitors. Visiting researchers can be like that, too: a great boon to a research group when the visit is […] … learn more→
The Université de l’Ontario français: Here’s what it could become
The Government of Ontario’s hasty decision to cancel plans and funding for the Université de l’Ontario français recently generated an outpouring of protests and a surge of solidarity with the university founders, with close to 13,000 signatures being added to one of several online petitions. In French-speaking media, journalists explored what it could mean for francophones to establish a hub in Toronto and […] … learn more→
Why do we like to evaluate and be evaluated?
I call to perform a management to a call center. The person with whom I speak warns me that, at the end of the call, I will receive another to assess how I have been treated. When finishing any menu in a restaurant, the waiter, with kindness, asks me if everything went well. Then, he suggests that […] … learn more→
Five top tips to succeed in your first year of university
This week, thousands of new students from around the country will be starting their first year at university. For many students and their parents, transitioning to university is an exciting but daunting experience. Here are five tips to help students succeed in their first year. 1. Find support services All universities offer student counselling, mental […] … learn more→
Why foreign students studying at a private school in Denver Colorado must learn english as a second language
For the last fifty years or so the number of international students choosing to spend some time studying in a foreign country has been steadily increasing, with the United States of America being one of the top destinations. Of course, such a decision is not without potential issues, and having a different native language is […] … learn more→
21 reasons why Higher Ed is bs
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a mainstream website for higher ed. They generally don’t cover serious criticism of their bread-and-butter, but recently they covered a mostly empty rant by a tenured professor. Since he’s tenured, he can get away with using his real name instead of a pseudonym (most faculty, tenured or not, generally […] … learn more→
