The hidden curriculum and its impacts on students and educators
Jul 26, 2023 · Although this curriculum is called “hidden,” its impacts are obvious and problematic, not only for students, but for the entire higher education ecosystem. Students don’t all undertake postsecondary studies with equal pre-existing knowledge and skills. Access to this information is heavily influenced by numerous factors such as a student ...
What is legal privilege and how to maintain it
This privilege is commonly known as solicitor-client or legal-advice privilege and it’s a right of protection for clients of lawyers and licensed paralegals. Generally, the scope and applicability of privilege is poorly understood and underappreciated. Worse still, the protection afforded by privilege can be unintentionally lost.
Time to rethink Canada’s international education strategy
Jan 10, 2024 · Between 2014, the year of the country’s first formal international education strategy, and 2022, the number of study permits granted to international students rose from 330,000 to 805,000, 40 per cent of them at universities. The idea was that Canada could offer a high-quality education at a globally competitive price in a safe country that ...
Students and academic misconduct: why it happens and possible …
Jun 8, 2023 · The following are six common reasons for academic misconduct: Lack of connection to material: The student has disregard for or disinterest in the course – and uses academic misconduct to avoid or minimize effort. Skill gaps: The student has academic skill gaps — and uses academic misconduct to disguise or cope with their skill deficiencies.
Understanding and preventing plagiarism — University Affairs
Oct 15, 2021 · Understanding plagiarism. Rather than cataloguing cases of plagiarism, this vast research project seeks to understand the reasons behind plagiarism and the strategies that students use when writing. It also aims to propose teaching methods to provide students with the tools, knowledge and confidence they need to do their own work.
5 steps to help you become a successful teaching professor
Nov 1, 2019 · Sometimes, by learning the need of a school, you can create a position for yourself. 5. Target your net to the “school of fish” rather than aimlessly spreading your net wide. Despite of the increasing number of teaching professor jobs, the slice of the pie for teaching professors remains at less than five percent in the postsecondary ...
Niagara Falls bets on a new private university for economic growth
Jan 23, 2023 · The story behind Ontario’s newest university system entrant – the for-profit, private University of Niagara Falls Canada (UNF) – goes back at least a decade, and comes from a small yet well-known city’s desire to breathe new life into an abandoned downtown core. UNF’s intention to welcome its first class in 2024 was announced last ...
Untangling what it means to be a dean — University Affairs
Aug 8, 2018 · Dastmalchian says representing the university in the community, particularly as dean of a business school where tuition fees are high and fundraising is key, is a real effort. “You have to have thicker skin, the ability to take criticism, the ability to listen to people.”. Having confidence in your own skills, involving faculty and students ...
Transition Q & A: Rebecca Dirnfeld, career consultant
Jun 14, 2016 · Facebook. LinkedIn. Rebecca Dirnfeld joined Ryerson University’s career centre in September 2014, and acts as a career consultant in the faculty of science. Additionally, she offers guidance to students and graduates on the job hunt through social media and via her website, Graduates in Transition, providing students a space to share personal ...
Universities are helping to shape city development
Oct 4, 2017 · To visit the Ryerson City Building Institute, you enter at 10 Dundas St. East, which is steps from Toronto’s noisy Yonge Street, sky-high billboards and the often chaotic Dundas Square.Turn right at the busy Starbucks kiosk on the main floor and take a tiny elevator up to the 10th floor. The institute’s modest offices – it has four …