February 2, 2012 5:36 pm
Fredericton university students and professors urged the provincial government not to make cuts to post-secondary education at a budget consultation meeting last week.
February 2, 2012 10:51 am
A crowd of more than a thousand students from University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, Mount Saint Vincent University, Saint Mary’s University and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design marched in Halifax as part of a National Day of Action for lower tuition fees.
January 24, 2012 5:02 pm
After six weeks of prohibition, the Harrington Hall residence at St. Thomas University is no longer dry.
January 20, 2012 11:42 am
The Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission reported in a recent survey post-secondary institutions in the Maritimes lose about 33 per cent of students at the end their first year. Of that, the humanities, arts and social sciences faculties endure the lowest retention rate, with only 73 per cent of students returning for year two.
January 12, 2012 1:41 pm
New Brunswick students will have to wait for a “budget day bomb” to find out about changes to post-secondary education funding, according to St. Thomas University students’ union president Mark Livingstone.
Are the students receiving scholarships concerned that the $100,000 they receive from the Rhodes Trust comes from the imperial exploitation and war-mongering in which Rhodes took part?
How do professors and students — those working toward obtaining a graduate degree and those in the midst of the application process — perceive the jump to grad school?
Lundi dernier, la une du Ottawa Sun avait ceci comme titre: «C’est cher, n’est pas?» [sic.] L’article –qui aurait dû lire «C’est cher, n’est-ce pas?», faute que le quotidien s’est empressé de corriger l’après-midi même –s’appuyait sur une étude récente menée par l’Institut Fraser. Le rapport *Official Language Policies of the Canadian Provinces: Costs and Benefits in 2006* et sa couverture médiatique en ont fait jaser plusieurs.
