Commentary
Welcome to Education This Week - The Canadian Edition
Education This Week is EPI's weekly news and commentary on education issues in Canada. Each Friday, EPI sends out the ETW email to its membership at no cost. In addition to commentaries by EPI President Dr. Watson Scott Swail, guest writers include those from the education arena across Canada, including Roseann Runte (President of Carleton University), Ben Levin (University of Toronto), and Patricia Moore Shaffer (former EPI VP of Research and Development and a graduate of Brock and OISE).
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Past issues and commentaries are listed below.
2012
- Can We Trust Colleges and Universities?, Watson Scott Swail, February 3, 2012 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- Aiming High: The Keeping College Affordable Initiative, Watson Scott Swail, January 27, 2012 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- Higher Education for Free - Part II, Watson Scott Swail, January 21, 2012 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- CLICK HERE for the news summary (January 13, 2012)
- Why are our College Graduates Unemployed?, Watson Scott Swail, January 06, 2012 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
2011
- Higher Education for Free: What a Concept!, Watson Scott Swail, December 23, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- A Fly on the Wall, Watson Scott Swail, December 2, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- Measuring Learning, Watson Scott Swail, November 18, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- NCAA?, Watson Scott Swail, November 14, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- Doesn't Anybody Get This?, Watson Scott Swail, November 04, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- The President and the Elephant (and college costs), Watson Scott Swail, October 28, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- The Financial Woes of Higher Education, Watson Scott Swail, October 21, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- The Financial Woes of Higher Education, Watson Scott Swail, October 14, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- Why Steve Jobs Matters, Watson Scott Swail, October 7, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- Private Higher Education in Europe, Watson Scott Swail, September 23, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- A Post-Hoc Analysis of the 2006 Spellings Commission Report on Higher Education,Watson Scott Swail, September 19, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- CLICK HERE for the news summary (September 9, 2011).
- CLICK HERE for the news summary (September 2, 2011).
- CLICK HERE for the news summary (August 26, 2011).
- CLICK HERE for the news summary (August 19, 2011).
- Differentiated Pricing for Higher Education, Watson Scott Swail, August 12, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- CLICK HERE for the news summary (August 5, 2011).
- CLICK HERE for the news summary (July 29, 2011).
- Gaming the College-Going System, Watson Scott Swail, July 22, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Major League Baseball/Major League University, Gerald Kauvar & Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, July 15, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- College 2.0, Watson Scott Swail, July 11, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Adding Important Transparency to Higher Education, Watson Scott Swail, July 1, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Implications of the New Gainful Employment Rule, Peter Smith, June 24, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- How Honest Should we be to College Students? Watson Scott Swail, June 17, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- CLICK HERE for the news summary (June 6, 2011).
- Understanding Student Departure, Watson Scott Swail, June 3, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Postsecondary Drive to For-Profit Mentality, Watson Scott Swail, May 27, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- More on the College Bubble: Job Outcomes for College Graduates, Watson Scott Swail, May 20, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The College Bubble Watson Scott Swail, May 13, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The NCAA: Missing the Point of a Higher Education Watson Scott Swail, May 6, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- CLICK HERE for this week's news summary (April 29, 2011).
- For Your Consideration: The College Access & Success Enterprise (CASE) Watson Scott Swail, April 11, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Pell Grant and College Costs: An Impossible Scenario Watson Scott Swail, April 4, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Higher Education: A Right or a Privilege? Watson Scott Swail, March 18, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- An Open Letter to All Organizations in Need of a Program Evaluator, Watson Scott Swail, March 8, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Thank God for Charlie Sheen, Watson Scott Swail, March 1, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- What the President's Budget Need(s/ed) To Do, Watson Scott Swail, February 18, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Not Quite Achieving the Dream, Watson Scott Swail, February 11, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Passing of a Student Aid Giant: Remembering Lutz Berkner, Watson Scott Swail, January 21, 2011 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
2010
- Merry Christmas: The Lasting Impact of the Economy and a Congress that Apparently Doesn't Give a Damn, Watson Scott Swail, December 23 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Canada Loses Some Sterling, Watson Scott Swail, December 17 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Postsecondary Persistence and Graduation Rates, Watson Scott Swail, December 14 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Being Thankful, Watson Scott Swail, November 25 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Taking it to the Streets: Student Protests and Higher Education Policy, Watson Scott Swail, November 12 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Innovation, Exploitation, and Instigation (and it still isn't enough), Watson Scott Swail, November 6 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Where the hell is Superman? Watson Scott Swail, October 22 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Top Canadian Research Universities...Really? Watson Scott Swail, October 15 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- CLICK HERE for this week's news summary ( October 7 2010).
- Learning to Give, Watson Scott Swail, October 1 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The DREAM Act and the Party of "No," Watson Scott Swail, September 24 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Higher EducationRankings: Who Cares?, Watson Scott Swail, September 16 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Problem with Higher Education, Watson Scott Swail, September 10 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Bounce!, Watson Scott Swail, August 26 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Measuring Institutional Commitment to Serve Low-Income Families, Joseph A. Russo, August 20 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Worst-Paying College Degrees, Watson Scott Swail, August 13 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary)
- The Fierce Urgency of Now, Watson Scott Swail, July 29 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- PRESSURE: Two Perspectives on Pressure in Higher Education, Watson Scott Swail, July 22 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Myths on College Costs and Prices? I Don't Think So..., Watson Scott Swail, July 16 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- College, Inc., Donald E. Heller, June 18 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Winning Attitude, Watson Scott Swail, June 11 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- In Sickness and in Health, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, June 4 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- My High School Reunion, Watson Scott Swail, May 28 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Elephant on the Table - Faculty Compensation, Ken Snowdon, May 21 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- New Rule: Let's Not Fire the Teachers When Students Don't Learn, Bill Maher, May 14 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- (What) to Be, or What Not to Be, Watson Scott Swail, May 7 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Quality Challenge: The Case for More Faculty, Ken Snowdon, April 30 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Nights in Columbus, Watson Scott Swail, April 23 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Canada's Quality Challenge, Ken Snowdon, April 16 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Success at Every Step, Sarah Hooker, April 9, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Stand and Deliver, Watson Scott Swail, April 2, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Ultimate Blend: The US and Canada and Higher Education (Starbucks wishes!), Roseanne O'Reilly Runte, March 26, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- The Colour of Change: The New Demographics of Canada, Watson Scott Swail, March 19, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Let's Stop Blaming Teachers' Unions, Ben Levin, March 12, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- A New Ecology of Learning, Peter Smith, February 26, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Merit Pay for Teachers: Beyond the Rhetoric, Ms. Patricia Moore Shaffer, February 12, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Where Canada Gets it Right, Dr. Watson Scott Swail, February 5, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Community Learning in Winnipeg, Lloyd Axworthy, January 29, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Major Survey Finding: University is Really Expensive, Dr. Watson Scott Swail, January 22, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Initial Teacher Education is Important, Jane Gaskell, January 15, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- On the Bottom Rung: Canada’s Early Care and Learning, Ms. Patricia Moore Shaffer, January 08, 2010 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
2009
- The Canada Education Council, Dr. Watson Scott Swail, December 18, 2009 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Charting a Path to the Future: The Pan-American Cooperative, Dr. Roseann O'Reilly Runte, December 11, 2009 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Initial Teacher Education is Not That Important, Ben Levin, December 4, 2009 (CLICK HERE for the news summary).
- Evaluating Teachers One Observation at a Time, Ms. Patricia Moore Shaffer, November 27, 2009 (CLICK HERE for the News Summary).
- Alberta, We Have a Problem, Dr. Watson Scott Swail, November 20, 2009 (CLICK HERE for the News Summary).