Mr Bates goes to Ottawa: or increasing access to post-secondary education

The context

OK, I’m not James Stewart, and it wasn’t Washington, and this posting’s a little late, due to other things, but this is a report on my presentation to the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology on June 9.

The committee was studying access to post‑secondary [...]

Online learning in Ontario

I’ve had several people contact me to ask what is the Ontario Online Institute? It was announced by the Ontario Provincial Government in the Throne Speech to the legislature on March 8.

The first thing to note is that the Province of Ontario, traditionally the most prosperous of all the Canadian provinces, has been [...]

Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 2

Identifying the problem with higher education in the 21st was the easy part (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1). Much more difficult is finding solutions to the problem.

Summary of the problem

In Part 1, I argued that the challenge for universities today is that

student numbers have increased [...]