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
STEM Or Liberal Arts? A Trick Question For College Students
August 5, 2015 | Forbes
Don’t make me feel ashamed of my career aspirations
An alt-ac career is not the traditional route for a PhD, but it’s not shameful.
August 4, 2015 | University Affairs
How arts education can help create better doctors
August 2, 2015 | The Globe and Mail
Four Steps to Choosing a College Major
July 31, 2015 | New York Times
Higher Education | L’enseignement supérieur
National Post View: Helping students, without burdening everyone else
August 6, 2015 | National Post
A New Mission for Ontario’s Universities
August 5, 2015 | Academica Forum
The Boomers are coming
August 5, 2015 | University Affairs
The Age of the Robot Worker Will Be Worse for Men
August 4, 2015 | The Atlantic
Harvey P. Weingarten – Quality: The final frontier
August 4, 2015 | HEQCO
Equity and Diversity | L’équité et la diversité
Gender Bias Plagues Academia, Especially in STEM
August 6, 2015 | New Republic
Ending All-Male Panels
August 5, 2015 | Inside Higher Ed
Mount Royal University launches ‘indigenization’ plan in light of growing aboriginal enrolment
August 5, 2015 | Metro News
Student Loan Debt Is Leaving Women Broke and Vulnerable
August 4, 2015 | Vice
Op-ed: Indigenizing the U of S is an undesirable goal
August 4, 2015 | Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Open Access and Publishing | Le libre accès et l’édition
Here Be Dragons: The Perils of Predatory Publishing
August 4, 2015 | Social Science Space
Research and its Impact | La recherche et ses incidences
Pursuing a multidimensional path to research assessment – Elsevier’s approach to metrics
August 4, 2015 | Impact of Social Science blog, LSE
If We don’t Know What Citations Mean, What Does it Mean when We Count Them?
August 4, 2015 | The Scholarly Kitchen
Dépenses en recherche dans les universités: le Québec évite la baisse
30 juillet 2015 | La Presse