The first budget of the new Conservative majority in the House of Commons received a critical response from the orga­nization representing Canada’s post-secondary academic staff.

The implications of NSERC’s new evaluation procedures for smaller universities are deeply troubling. As Paul Sanborn points out (Letters, Bulletin, May 2011) NSERC’s increased emphasis on highly qualified personnel (HQP) lies at the heart of our concerns.

To succeed in the 21st century, gra­duates will need much more than a narrow range of skills offered by an outdated academy.

CAUT's new president was elected at the association’s Council meeting in May, after having served as vice-president for the past three years and as a delegate to Council for four years before that.

Maureen Shaw, a vice-president of the Kwantlen Faculty Association and former president of BC’s Federation of Post-secondary Educators (FPSE), was presented with CAUT’s Sarah Shorten Award for her many contributions to the advancement of women in post-secondary education.

William Bruneau, professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia, has been awarded the Milner Memorial Award by CAUT Council. He earned the award for his wide-ranging and significant contributions to the cause of academic freedom.

CAUT has released a bargaining advisory on hours of insurable employment for contract academic staff.

There’s disappointment in Ca­na­da’s research community after the latest announcement of grant awards from the federal government’s research funding agencies.

Reporters from the Globe and Mail and the Manitoban are the 2011 recipients of CAUT’s Excellence in Post-secondary Education Journalism awards. The awards were presented during CAUT’s council meeting in Ottawa.

Many universities offer compressed courses, generally to appeal to a broader range of students or to benefit from the brief availability of resource people other than regular faculty.

In 1955 a group of Toronto professionals began discussions on expanding adult education in their city. The outcome was York University, which opened in 1960 with 76 students.

In the 21st century, religious faith has re-emerged from the margins of modernism and moved back to the center of contemporary scholarly conversations.

For an African American scholar, who may be the lone minority in a department, navigating the tenure minefield can be a particularly harrowing process.

Even before the disastrous events of Sept. 11, 2001, Canadian university faculty members and administrators had occasionally expressed concern about the potential for campus-aimed or campus-based assaults of a physical or intellectual nature.

This book gives a distinctively British perspective on the challenges of administering and facilitating research output, focusing on the research assessment exercise (RAE) used in the UK for more than two decades.