SSH News: July 30, 2015

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July 30, 2015

 

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