Can higher ed reach higher?
By Paul Wells | July 22nd, 2009 | 1:47 pm
Canada’s leading universities want to, but big dreams call for big changes
But if the problem lies outside the university gates, it’s an open question what university presidents’ role should be in addressing it. The remarks of Canada’s big five presidents, when we publish them next week, will be likelier to spark a national conversation than to be its last word.
Next week, Part II of our Special Report: the presidents of five leading Canadian universities talk about reforming the system, Canada’s challenge, and what it will take for them to be the best in the world.
Why is Paul Wells sooooo credulous with everything uni presidents tell him? Seriously, let’s think critically sometimes, mmkay?
[...] negative reaction from small and mid-sized universities has dominated headlines since the original Maclean’s articles appeared, with little reaction from the G5 members [...]