Precarious labour
The economic crisis and the crisis of the university: Gigi Roggero, author of The Production of Living Knowledge: The Crisis of the University and the Transformation of Labor in Europe and North America, addresses the economic crisis and how it goes hand in hand with the crisis of the university in a blog entry. Should be of interest to many of us!
Threats to Post-Secondary Education Demand Mobilization of Academics, Wayne Peters
"Post-secondary education in Canada is in the midst of a crisis — a fundamental transformation that is having disastrous effects on our students, our institutions, our communities and our country. In recent years we have witnessed disturbing economic, social and political changes which have laid the foundation for this neo-liberal transformation." We live it - let's read about it! Click here for the story.
No quick fix for universities (Or, Why Ontario Universities Need More Professors)
Monday November 14, 2011 in the Toronto Star
Ontario's per-student funding "has declined by 25 per cent since 1990, adjusted for inflation. Since 2001, enrolment has increased by 60 per cent." At the same time "Our student-to-faculty ratio is now 27-to-1, the worst in Canada. In 1990, it was 18-to-1." By Constance Adamson, president of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations. Click here for the story.
Gigi Roggero, author of The Production of Living Knowledge: The Crisis of the University and the Transformation of Labor in Europe and North America, addresses the economic crisis and how it goes hand in hand with the crisis of the university in a blog entry. Should be of interest to many of us!
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