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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 […]
Budget 2007 won't help students or post-secondary
“At a time when we need to make post-secondary education more affordable and accessible and we have the budget surplus to achieve those goals, Premier Campbell has squandered the opportunity […]
Damage from deregulation continues to spread
Premier Campbell and his Minster of Advanced Education, Murray Coell, got a nasty New Year’s surprise last week with the announcement from the government of China that it would actively […]
College Pension Plan News: deadline for puchase is March 31, 2007
The deadline to apply to purchase service that occurred before March 1, 2002 is the earlier of March 31, 2007, or termination of current employment with a College Pension Plan […]
Post-secondary education needs good policy not cheap politics
Earlier this month Premier Campbell unveiled his plan to help BC’s ailing public post-secondary education system. It was a plan short on details. But even more disconcerting, it was a […]
The Kingston controversy: Self-regulation run amok
Investigative reporting by the Vancouver Sun is shining an uncomfortably bright light on BC’s private, for-profit, post-secondary institutions. For more than a week, readers have learned about the questionable practices […]