SSH News: May 7, 2015

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May 7, 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 | Sciences humaines et sociales

Arts Advantage: Why enrolling in the liberal arts is smarter than you think

April 2015 | Literary Review of Canada

How not to reform the humanities

May 4, 2015 | University Affairs

Why business prizes humanities degrees

May 3, 2015 | Australian Financial Review

Higher Education | L’enseignement supérieur

Canada’s place in the global economy depends on education advantage (Subscriber content)

May 5, 2015 | The Globe and Mail

Op-ed: High admin costs hurting universities

May 5, 2015 | Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Measuring the Economic Impact of Postsecondary Institutions

May 5, 2015 | HEQCO

Seneca and U of T Scarborough create first bachelor of science pathway in Ontario

May 5, 2015 | COU

Enrolment should be cut by 30 percent. Debate

May 1, 2015 | University Affairs

Publishing and Open Access | L’édition et le libre accès

Does peer review do more harm than good?

May 5, 2015 | Maclean’s

The Half-life of Print

May 4, 2015 | The Scholarly Kitchen

Authors for Indies Day shines a light on humble booksellers

May 1, 2015 | The Globe and Mail

Equity and Diversity | L’équité et la diversité

Campus Diversity, Often Seen as Key to Learning, Can Have an Educational Downside (Subscriber content)

May 7, 2015 | The Chronicle of Higher Education

Sexism in Peer Review

May 7, 2015 | The Scholarly Kitchen

Budget targets $5 million for female entrepreneurs

May 6, 2015 | Ottawa Citizen

University of Waterloo joins UN program promoting women in STEM fields

May 5, 2015 | The Globe and Mail

The myth about women in science? Bias at work in the study of gender inequality in STEM.

May 5, 2015 | The Impact Blog, LSE

SFU-based program to help First Nations entrepreneurs

May 1, 2015 | The Vancouver Sun

Research and funding | La recherche et le financement

Why Ottawa’s investment in research will touch all Canadians

May 5, 2015 | The Globe and Mail