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Three OECD Pieces Worth Reading

I spent Friday morning with a delegation of University Vice-Presidents at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s offices in Paris, discussing a variety of issues pertinent to Canadian higher education. As we ranged across a variety of topics, I realized I had fallen behind on my think-tank reading, because there were a few really important papers discussed that I had not read. I took some time over the weekend to read three of them and thought I would

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May 6, 2024 1 Comment

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (May 5th, 2024)

Spotlight Good morning all,  In today’s newsletter, you will find a couple of resources focusing on the integration of GenAI in graduate studies and research. We also share some articles that cover the use of GenAI in operations, as well as considerations for integrating GenAI into post-secondary institutions’ governance.  We hope these are useful reads! Policies & Guidelines Developed by Higher Education Institutions University of Alberta’s guidelines Tags: Guidelines, Research, Academic integrity, Canada University of Alberta’s Faculty of Graduate &

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May 5, 2024 No Comments

Culture Wars in American Higher Education

It is not particularly novel to note that American higher education has been in the midst of a major culture war for the past five or ten years. Universities have traditionally thought of themselves as politically neutral, a place where opposing sides in political debate could meet and resolve disagreements if not through rational examinations of data then at least through constructive debate. The idea that universities might be seen as “biased” in one direction or another is not a

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May 2, 2024 No Comments

Europe/ Canada: Same/ Different

Good morning from the Brussels-to-Paris Eurostar, where I am hanging out with the good folks of the University Vice-Presidents’ Network on our study trip to Belgium and France. We’ve had some excellent meetings, including a really fascinating visit to KU Leuven (one seriously well-run university), and a chance to catch up with some old friends at the European Universities Association. And I just wanted to pass along some of the similarities and differences I am seeing between Europe and Canada right

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May 1, 2024 1 Comment

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (April 19th, 2024)

Spotlight Good morning all,  We are soon approaching the end of our Winter 2024 series of AI Roundtables. After the one taking place next Tuesday (make sure to register here if you haven’t already), we only have one last session planned, in May. For that last session, we hoped to be able to talk about the important topic of GenAI and decolonization – in other words, how can we make sure that the growing use of GenAI tools don’t hinder

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April 20, 2024 No Comments

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