PhD students can't wait for universities and governments to reconcile the demands for a more educated workforce and a scarcity of academic jobs -- they should plan their own careers.
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As universities advocate for 'zero suicide' frameworks, it is important for university leaders to work at suicide awareness, prevention and response, and to reinforce a culture of compassion.
For post-secondary students, work-integrated learning experiences offer opportunities to gain that first experience on the resumé while planning a transition from school to work.
Transforming knowledge and letting oneself be transformed by the knowledge of others requires slowness, almost an asceticism.
Students who plan to get more education than is required for the career they hope to have end up earning higher salaries as a result, a new analysis shows.
Some students who participated in a study of technology in the classroom believed instructors are at fault if students turn to technology when they are bored.
Abuses of disability diagnoses cheat students with disabilities who are now more likely to face skepticism about their diagnoses.
A shift to outcomes-based education will enable students to gain critical automation-resistant competencies to succeed and thrive in the future workforce alongside AI.
Citizens of Wisconsin were widely opposed to former governor Scott Walker's attempts to make higher education serve the business community. Doug Ford and Ontario citizens should take note.
A specialist in educational psychology says there are incremental risks associated with students developing an obsessive behaviour toward performance.
Education agents play a significant role in the fact that China is the number one source country of international students who study in Canada.
Many international students bring an accompanying partner who struggles to make a life in Canada while their partner forges ahead.
Wilful under-funding of Indigenous education is producing an Indigenous underclass.
Ottawa and the governments of all four Maritime provinces have created pathways to help international students transition to permanent resident status. But fear causes too many to return home.
Employers now expect to hire people out of universities who don't require any training. That's why so-called experiential learning is becoming so critical for university students.
The new British Columbia government wants the province to shed its status as a laggard on education funding and poverty reduction. If it succeeds, B.C. will be a safer place to live.
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