Meanwhile an idea from south of the border about “Fair Labour” in for adjunct faculty in universities: “Top-tier American universities charge tens of thousands of dollars a year in tuition – yet they get away with exploiting legions of adjunct professors,
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For the education sector, it is useful to recall how and how much is actually being distributed to make up for the Liberal cuts of the last four years, and not to accept at face value the Caquiste claim of prioritizing education.
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A perspective on College and University teaching loads that is also pertinent for CEGEP teachers: “Fewer courses means more time for students, more individual attention, more time to grade (and grade thoroughly), and more time to plan. Perhaps most importantly, it means
Continue readingLe gouvernement décapite le programme de science au cégep _ Le Devoir
Continue readingSolidarity with contract teachers in Ontario colleges, whose poor working conditions mirror that of Cont Ed contract work in CEGEPS. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-college-strike-academia-1.4364735?cmp=rss ‘People are suffering’: Contract work has turned universities, colleges into temp agencies, say critics www.cbc.ca Precarious work is the “new norm” at
Continue readingThe paradox and problem of budget cutbacks and increased administration hiring across the pond parallels the CEGEP situation here in Quebec. It is clear how Quality Assurance conforms to this skewed “educational” model based on business strategies: “The meaningless tasks
Continue readingEducation is always threatened by latent utilitarianism http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/506633/les-cegeps-sont-encore-menaces-par-ceux-qui-veulent-les-soumettre-aux-besoins-du-marche-du-travail-selon-guy-rocher PQ proposal: If elected, cut budgets to English CEGEPs http://globalnews.ca/news/3719826/pq-proposal-if-elected-cut-budgets-to-english-cegeps/
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