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Today’s undergraduates are plunged into a sea of texts, information and technology they have immense difficulty navigating, and artificial intelligence tools for writing aren’t the solution. (Piqsels)

February 26, 2024

Writing is a technology that restructures thought — and in an AI age, universities need to teach it more

Joel Heng Hartse, Simon Fraser University and Taylor Morphett, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Undergraduate writing courses are about learning to think, synthesize and judge the credibility of sources — and interact with an audience.

An increasing focus on training undergraduates for the labour market shortchanges students. Students and attendees seen at a job fair in Atlanta, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Sliz)

February 22, 2024

Does a university undergraduate degree lead to a ‘good job?’ It depends what you mean

Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada

Students should know that a key part of the value of their undergraduate degree lies in taking advantage of all the opportunities for learning that universities offer.

Lecturers in extended curriculum programmes make students the centre of their teaching practice. Shutterstock

January 16, 2019

Lecturers reflect on their efforts to ensure no student gets left behind

Lynn Coleman, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Without the support of extended curriculum programmes at universities, many students would face academic exclusion.

Learning in community is linked to better academic performance and gains in skill, competence and knowledge as well as overall satisfaction with university experience. Pictured here, a regular discussion and learning event at Concordia University.

December 6, 2018

Why universities need homerooms

Eva Pomeroy, Concordia University

Undergraduate students need a learning community that meets throughout their degrees for workshops and community-building. Such a post-secondary ‘homeroom’ could multiply positive connections.

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