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Category: Policy

The Ontario Funding Announcement

Hi all. Today’s post is on last week’s announcement of a support package for post-secondary education by the Government of Ontario. I’ll be as descriptive as possible; more on the actual distributional impacts will follow. (For a longer version of all this, you may want to check into Monday night’s edition of The Agenda, in which I expound on this stuff along with Mike Schreiner, Peggy Sattler, and Shamji Adil. Fun times. Thanks to Steve Paikin for inviting me on.)

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March 6, 2024 3 Comments

Growth and Cutbacks

As we all start to contemplate what life might look like in the “leaner” universities that will begin to emerge, I thought it was worth re-visiting data on institutional expenditures over time to see where institutions have grown the most and the least, and from that data deduce where institutions might prune. Ideally, for this analysis, we’d have data on employment by function. But this is Canada so of course such data does not exist. What we do have, courtesy

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March 5, 2024 1 Comment

Nova Scotia and the Politics of Listening

I know, I know, you all want more on the ongoing omnishambles that is Ontario. You’re going to have to wait. What’s happening in Nova Scotia is probably more important in the long term (yes, really) and institutions across the country need to pay attention. Normally, Nova Scotia universities are funded through a series of Memorandums of Understanding signed every three or four years or so. Objectives are agreed, and the universities get some planning certainty. This year, very suddenly

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March 4, 2024 6 Comments

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Feb. 23rd, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all,  In today’s newsletter, we share an insightful research paper that touches on the future of AI in education and how to lay the foundation for more educational equity. We also share an article that elaborates on China’s recent Guidelines for Responsible Research Conduct, as well as articles on how GenAI can be incorporated into institutional operations to increase cost efficiency and better support students. Also, ICYMI – HESA recently launched its AI Advisory Services. If your institution

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February 23, 2024 1 Comment

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (Feb. 16th, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all,  In today’s newsletter, we share articles covering a broad range of topics – from taking a whole institution approach to GenAI, to using GenAI in research. Some also cover how GenAI might impact assessments and feedback, and particular considerations related to using GenAI in creative work and work-based learning. Also, ICYMI – HESA recently launched its AI Advisory Services. If your institution is struggling to develop its response to this new technology, or is simply in search

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February 16, 2024 No Comments

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