World-class budget problems
The University of Alberta Faculty of Arts has nothing left to cut
Alex Migdal / 05 Jan 2012
For a thriving institution like the University of Alberta, $1. Read more »
Rise of the machines
The role of computers in the classroom should be reviewed
Jeremy Derksen / 04 Jan 2012
When The New York Times broke the news that a bunch of Silicon Valley CEOs were sending their kids to Waldorf Schools that prioritized natural-based education over technology,…. Read more »
Outside the classroom
UofA students are increasingly taking advantage of community learning
Justin Bell / 04 Jan 2012
Felix DuBourdieu-Greig runs a basketball camp at Inglewood School. Read more »
Issues
Inappropriate process
Cuts to the faculty of arts enacted with without due consideration
Alexa DeGagne, Ashley Dryburgh / 04 Jan 2012
Wandering down the west side of the main campus you will see signs of a prosperous institution: construction cranes grace the skyline and new buildings, such as the colourful Edmonton Clinic, are popping up. Read more »
Building schools the P3 way
Private partnerships provide process problems
Mimi Williams / 04 Jan 2012
To P3 or not P3 may no longer be the question when it comes to building schools in Alberta, but that doesn't mean there aren't a lot of questions remaining about the way we do it. Read more »
To act or to budget
The new Education Act will be caught up in budget processes
Ricardo Acuña / 04 Jan 2012
Over the next six months, decisions will be made be made by the Alberta government which have the potential to drastically alter the face of education in this province. Read more »
Entrenched history
Colonialism is found in our academic institutions today
/ 02 Nov 2011
The Alberta Public Interest Research Group is attempting to spend the year examining the culture of colonialism at the University of Alberta campus, how it manifests in academia and the community as a whole. Read more »
A question of standards
Redford reignites the decades-old debate over standardized testing
Mimi Williams / 02 Nov 2011
In the days leading up to being sworn in as premier, Alison Redford told a number of interviewers that one of her priorities would be to eliminate provincial standardized testing for students in Grades 3 and 6, reinvigorating a decades-old debate between the Alberta Teacher's Association and the provincial government. Read more »
Industrial education
The oil industry is impacting Alberta's education system
Jenn Prosser / 02 Nov 2011
Albertans have been steadily increasing their reliance on the oil and gas industry and this reliance is spilling over to the culture surrounding post-secondary education. Read more »