Here is our list of the most interesting news articles on the humanities, social sciences and higher education from the past week. Voici notre liste des plus intéressants articles concernant les sciences humaines, sciences sociales et l’enseignement supérieur de la semaine passée.
Humanities and Social Sciences | Les sciences humaines et sociales
That 'Useless' Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech's Hottest Ticket
July 29, 2015 | Forbes
A new funding program at the NEH hopes to bring more humanities research to the general public
July 28, 2015 | Inside Higher Ed
Do We Cheapen Philosophy When We Use It as Therapy?
July 27, 2015 | The Chronicle of Higher Education
How Unemployment Rates Shift Choices of Majors
July 27, 2015 | Inside Higher Ed
Higher Education | L’enseignement supérieur
Decent work for a decent education | Travail décent pour une éducation décente
July 27, 2015 | CAUT
University world-ranking position is more important that quality of teaching when it comes to graduate employment, students tell survey
July 27, 2015 | The Independent
From Europe to Canada — austerity cuts worry educators
July 24, 2015 | iPolitics
Congrès international sur l'éducation à Ottawa: 200 professeurs se sont vu refuser leur visa
22 juillet 2015 | La Presse
Is student debt keeping you single?
July 22, 2015 | CBC News
Religious freedom still matters: Trinity Western’s law school deserves accreditation
July 21, 2015 | U of T Varsity
Equity and Diversity | L’équité et la diversité
McMaster aims to grow number of indigenous grad students in Canada
July 26, 2015 | The Globe and Mail
Open Access and Publishing | Le libre accès et l’édition
Librarians Leap to the Aid of Researchers Whose Funding Will Soon Depend on Open Access
July 30, 2015 | The Chronicle of Higher Education
Senate panel approves public access bill
July 29, 2015 | AAAS
Transition time for HSS
August/September 2015 | Research Information
The literary lives of Donald J. Trump
July 26, 2015 | Mashable
Research and its Impact | La recherche et ses incidences
Spending on research and development in the higher education sector, 2013/2014
July 29, 2015 | Statistics Canada
CFREF funding announcement:
The University of Toronto project is the first recipient of the federal government’s $1.5 billion Canada First Research Excellence Fund
July 28, 2015 | Government of Canada News Release
Driving innovation: Federal research fund picks first recipients
July 30, 2015 | The Globe and Mail
University of Saskatchewan gets biggest federal research grant ever
July 29, 2015 | CBC News
CFI funding announcement:
Government of Canada investments keep researchers globally competitive
July 29, 2015 | CFI
World-class research funded through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund
July 29, 2015 | CFI