Why parents shouldn’t pay the full tuition bill

How many scientific discoveries have been made by investigators carrying out studies that, in principle, should have merely reproduced known results and/or confirmed the conventional wisdom ? I do not have numbers but I suspect many. Serendipity plays …

I was back in the airport for the third time in four days. Earlier that day I had interviewed for a marketing position in Daytona Beach. It was right up my alley. I should have been thrilled.

Report offers some excellent reasons to stay in school

<–  Quebec’s Premier Jean Charest, left, with the Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois prior to the questions period at the National Assembly in Quebec City, Feb. 14. A new poll shows the PQ leading in the province at 30%, with the Liberals stable at 29% and the CAQ falling five points to 26%. Dear Readers; [...]

Dear Readers; Remember the name “Janus Joan Inc,” of St. Catherines, and Stacey Szuch, who owns that company ………………! Keep this article in mind if you ever do any business with them! <– Terri-Lynn Garrie has a developmental disabiliy and went to the Human Rights Tribunal because she earned $1.25 an hour or less for [...]

I have received a letter from a student who obtained his doctoral degree with me a few years ago, and after one postdoctoral appointment decided that their heart was really into teaching. They wrote me to let me know how things are going, and gave me p…

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Hint: It’s not schools, and they pay $80k after three years.

I doubt if I can offer any deeper insight or more pointed advice to a tenure track assistant professor in the sciences, than what anyone can find on a number of reputable science blogs. Often times, however, as I go through posts describing the “…

It’s January. You better start looking now!

The two basic criteria to establish whether someone is your boss are: – Can they fire you ? – Can they give you a raise ? Unless the answer to both questions is yes, then they are not your boss. (can’t recall who said that to me&#8230…

Pity the poor black kids in Toronto. While their parents try to better their chances for a productive life, the School Board is condemning them to menial jobs and social marginalization that is not much better than slavery. Mark my words folks, even though an “Afrocentric” high school will have all those black kids studying [...]

As Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver explained to reporters after Question Period today, the Conservatives are appalled that New Democrat MP’s would give a negative opinion about the Keystone pipeline within earshot of Americans.There ya have it kids, when it comes right down to it, the NDP would rather play politics than create much needed [...]

Students scared off by huge tuition and low entry-level pay

Career expectations differ by generation