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Schooling liars

Academic cheaters and plagiarists may not prosper, but they are inventive

by Mike Doherty - Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Students go to where the ‘Bucks’ are

Cambrian College is offering financial incentives to prospective students, starting in kindergarten

by Tamsin McMahon - Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A celebration of Robertson Davies (on what would have been his 99th birthday)

Robertson Davies is a permanent fixture in the Canadian canon, yet today, at least among younger readers, he is sadly neglected.

by Jeff Halperin - Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The murky world of academic ghostwriting

Lawsuits are shedding light on the dubious relationship between medical researchers and pharmaceutical companies

by Julia Belluz - Friday, May 6, 2011
Whatever happened to tenure?

The backbone of today’s university is the ill-paid, overworked lecturer

by Stephanie Findlay - Thursday, January 20, 2011
Academic research laundering

Outspoken academic Ward Churchill is suing to get his job back. He claims he…

by Andrew Potter - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
When Dr. Smith Goes to Ottawa

Conventional political wisdom now holds that leaders must connect to voters emotionally, viscerally. As…

by Andrew Potter - Saturday, September 13, 2008
Agonies of Academe

The current issue of the Atlantic is good, with nice articles on Obama, Easterbrook…

by Andrew Potter - Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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