CIHE and Georgian College will be co-hosting an event promoting college-university partnerships and measurements of their success. The event will be taking place on May 19, 2016, 8:30am to 2:30pm at Georgian College in Barrie, ON. The panelists will discuss policy and governance, including institutional realities, challenges and potential. The keynote speakers will include Sheldon…Read More

PhD student, Emma Sabzalieva, has been recognized by The Guardian for her insightful blog, which focuses on education, society and politics in Central Asia. The link to her blog can be found here: https://sabzalieva.wordpress.com/ The Guardian has labelled Emma’s blog as one of the best social media accounts for academics to follow. Their list includes…Read More

Merli Tamtik will be presenting her recent study entitled, Coordination within Fragmentation – Insights on Governing Canada’s Innovation Agenda. Dr. Merli Tamtik is a graduate of OISE, higher education program (2014), a SSHRC postdoctoral researcher at York University (2015) and recently appointed Assistant Professor of Educational Administration, Foundations and Psychology, University of Manitoba (2016). The…Read More

Reform VET ‘in stages’ Below is a recent article in The Australian, which quotes both Gavin Moodie and Leesa Wheelahan in regards to vocational education and training (VET) outcomes: Dr Moodie said the opposition’s promise of a comprehensive VET review – the first in two generations – was a welcome development. But he said an…Read More

Which students are most likely to drop out of university? Students aged 25 and over are twice as likely to drop out than students aged 19 and under, according to CIHE’s Gavin Moodie. Through a study of Australian university students, Gavin Moodie provides some insightful findings on the contributing factors for attrition, as well as…Read More

On February 25, 2016, Leesa Wheelahan and Gavin Moodie presented at the Centre for Researching Education and Labour (REAL)’s Knowledge and Work Symposium at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. The paper titled What should qualifications look like if the links between qualifications and jobs are so weak? focused on wealthy liberal market…Read More

Recently appointed CIHE member Stephanie Waterman was invited to speak on a Presidential Session panel at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Denver, Colorado. As a part of this Presidential panel, Waterman discussed culturally relevant research in higher education and questioned the impact of methodological and analytical choices on issues of…Read More