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Kicking Christ out of Windsor University
ChristianGovernance eletter – October 9, 2012
Today’s shabby university religion
ChristianGovernance eletter – June 15, 2012
Today’s shabby university religion
The most interesting aspect of the analysis in the article below of the shabby intellectual condition of today’s universities and colleges is the following:
> However, religion has been largely shunned from higher education during the past 100 years, in the name of combating sectarianism and dogma.
State has firmer grip on education sector after Alberta court decision
Winnipeg Free Press – October 18, 2010
Court clips autonomy of universities
By Carson Jerema
An Alberta judge ruled last week that universities are not entities deserving of independence and protection from the state, but rather that they are part of the state. In her decision, involving a case where twin brothers challenged being punished by the University of Calgary for negative Facebook posts about an instructor, Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf ruled that the university violated the Charter right to free expression. The landmark decision may have legal precedence, but it will unnecessarily handicap universities when acting as universities.
Canadian Fed. of Students continues to reject personal responsibility over education
Canadian Federation of Students – October 4, 2010
Students release major policy paper on post-secondary education
OTTAWA – Investments in post-secondary education, support for Aboriginal students, graduate research, and reducing student debt are essential to Canada’s future economic success, according to a policy paper released today by the Canadian Federation of Students.
Not everyone needs a debt-financed university degree to be complete
National Post – September 14, 2010
Not everyone needs a debt-financed university degree to be complete
By Matt Gurney
Last week StatsCan put out a report saying that, even while the comparable rate across the industrialized world fell to 14%, the percentage of Canadian teenagers not attending school remains stuck at 20%. One in five Canadians between 15 and 19 is a pretty big number, but it varies widely by province and territory – in Yukon and Nunavat, it’s one-third of teenagers, in New Brunswick, only 14%. Alberta leads the provinces with 26%.
CollegePlus! saves you thousands on an accredited degree
One area of huge savings is the purchase of college textbooks. As this article notes, college textbooks are hugely expensive and among the most “outrageously overpriced products.” Post-secondary schooling is run like a cartel and a huge cultural brainwashing machine has most people thinking that there is no credible option for success in this life outside of the status quo in-class approach.
College and university mostly a waste of time and money, says multi-millionaire
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The Daily Crux – July 1, 2010
Doug Casey: Going to these colleges serves no useful purpose whatsoever
From Conversations With Casey:
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OneNewsNow – April 14, 2010
Commencements tilting decidedly left
By Bill Bumpas and Jody Brown
As colleges and universities across the country get ready for spring graduation ceremonies, one conservative organization is releasing data it says shows a “clear liberal bias” in schools’ selection of commencement speakers.