Interview with Professor Hans Pechar

CHET presents a video interview with Professor Hans Pechar (University of Klagenfurt, Vienna) about the Humboldt Myth and the Bologna process in Europe, filmed September 6, 2011.

Views: “Revolutions Yet to Happen”

EDST Professor André Mazawi has written an article, “Revolutions Yet to Happen,” that appears in Inside Higher Ed, September 8, 2011.

“The overthrow of the Tunisian and Egyptian rulers, following widespread demonstrations for regime change—subsequently spreading from Algeria to Yemen, as well as to Libya, Syria, Jordan, and Bahrain—has raised hopes for a new political dawn across the Arab region. . . .”

The entire article can be read online.

Hans Pechar: The Humboldt Myth and the Bologna Process

On Tuesday, September 6, the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education & Training (CHET) will host a presentation by Hans Pechar, on “The Humboldt Myth and the Bologna Process.” The presentaiton will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Ponderosa H, Room 123. See the event poster for an abstract.

Graduate Student Paper Award

Congratulations to Tara Gibb who was awarded the Best Graduate Student Paper Award for her paper “Straddling Federal/Provincial Government Relations: The Work Of Adult Additional Language Education For Immigrants’ Employment Retention” at the 2011 Annual Conference for the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) held at OISE, University of Toronto, June 9–12, 2011.

Community Service Learning: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

At the University of Alaska, Anchorage, on July 14, 2011, EDST Associate Professor Shauna Butterwick presented her paper “Community Service Learning: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” based on her 2010 Faculty of Education HSS grant research into Community Service Learning.

SSHRC Award to Rob vanWynsberghe

We congratulate EDST assistant professor Rob vanWynsberghe, who received a SSHRC Aid to Workshops and Conferences Grant. The award will be used to support a two-day workshop entitled Sport Mega-Event Impacts, Leveraging and Legacies.

EDST Alumna Appointment

Ann Marie Vaughan, an EDST Higher Education alumna, has been appointed President of College of the North Atlantic by the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, effective August 1st.

Ms. Vaughan completed her MA studies at EDST in 1998.

News Release: Premier Names New President of College of the North Atlantic