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Read the latest news in BC post-secondary education.
Campus 2020 recommendations out of step with public opinion
Just over a year ago the provincial government launched a review of BC’s public post-secondary education system. It was called Campus 2020 and it was led by Geoff Plant, the […]
New poll shows public still concerned about the high cost of post-secondary education
“We can’t keep ignoring the basic fact: a majority of British Columbians think post-secondary education tuition fees are too high,” said Cindy Oliver, President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators […]
NVITEA President wins major court battle
The President of Nicola Valley Institute of Technology Employees’ Association, Sharon McIvor, has won an important legal victory in the BC Supreme Court. On June 11, 2007 the court released […]
Campus 2020 report acknowledges problems but is short on solutions
Geoff Plant’s report, Access and Excellence: The Campus 2020 Plan for British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education System, marks an important admission that the BC Liberals’ last six years of policy and […]
Fraud case highlights problems with contracting out
A recent news report that Langara College has dismissed its Manager of Administrative Services in the Continuing Studies Department after an alleged fraud scheme was discovered by college accounting and […]
Amendment to School Act sends a troubling message
On March 26, 2007, the BC Liberals tabled Bill 20, the School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act. In her introduction of the legislation, Education Minster Shirley Bond emphasized that the […]
Latest federal budget: lots of talk but very little action
On the eve of his 2007 federal budget, federal Finance Minster Jim Flaherty followed the tradition of buying new shoes. However, in Mr. Flaherty’s case, the shoes were hockey skates. […]
International Women's Day: March 8, 2007
As we go marching, marching We bring the greater days For the rising of the women Means the rising of the race No more the drudge and idler Ten […]