Last week I and a number of members of Canadians for Accountability attended the mandatory arbitration hearing for Denis Rancourt, who was fired by the University of Ottawa in 2009. The reason given was his pedagogy – which, contrary to university policy, included a simple pass/fail system in which those who passed got an A+. [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/10/17/denis-rancourt-vs-the-u-of-o-the-saga-continues/
This may seem like a small local story to many, but it actually deals with the important issues of academic freedom and university governance. Denis Rancourt, you see, was a tenured professor of physics at the U of O for almost 30 years. Then, in 2009, he was fired. The university claims that it was [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/05/06/media-update-for-may-6-2011/
News Summary and Comment: Today my lead story is from the keystone province, where a University of Manitoba professor, Gabor Lukacs, has been suspended for having the temerity to insist that the university uphold some academic standards. It appears that a student was granted a PhD without passing the required exams. The administration brushed off [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2010/11/01/media-update-for-november-1-2010/