It seems as though tragedy is everywhere. Whether It’s a highway pileup or a shooting or a tornado or a teen suicide, we’re constantly confronted by bad news. But It’s all unusual stuff: blips in the status quo, a disruption of the norm. What happens when the tragedy is the status quo? When It’s not… Read more »
What is the purpose of higher education? There are a million possible answers, but according to one controversial Guardian article, It’s crystal clear: Get a (good) job. The author focusses on Ivy League-educated women, but the take-home moral rings suspiciously universal. If you get a degree and don’t use it, you might be shirking. In… Read more »
Sadness. Anger. Disbelief. That’s what I’ve seen proliferating across my social media feeds this week as we all try to process yet another tragedy. The bombs at the Boston marathon followed too closely on the heels of the death of Rehtaeh Parsons, the Halifax teen who committed suicide after being allegedly gang-raped. It’s as though… Read more »
In the midst of the recent controversy surrounding all things post-secondary, there’s some good news: The AUSU Annual General Meeting, which took place via teleconference on Wednesday, April 10, showed that the undergraduate students’ union is in good shape financially and is working diligently advocating for its student members and creating new and exciting opportunities…. Read more »
When the government of Alberta rolled out its new budget with significant funding cuts to the post-secondary education sector?we all knew there would be long-term consequences to education as a whole. What we might not have expected was to start seeing those consequences so soon. On the heels of the budget comes Athabasca University’s announcement… Read more »
There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch?or, for that matter, a free education. Clearly, the government of Alberta didn’t take this proverb to heart when it passed its budget earlier this month. Funding to post-secondary educational institutions was not only not increased, it was cut, perhaps in a short-sighted effort to save costs… Read more »
In any situation?academic, professional, and personal?setting goals is a given. After all, we’ve been told, It’s impossible to achieve without first defining what that achievement is going to be. But this isn’t an article about goal setting. In fact, It’s recommending just the opposite. A recent Harvard Business Review article convinced me that placing too… Read more »
Have you heard the latest conspiracy theory? I’m referring to the photos and videos that have recently surfaced online, the ones questioning whether the school shootings in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, legitimately occurred or were staged as part of some master plan (or otherwise engineered). Are these people for real? we say. And It’s easy to… Read more »
Well, we survived the holiday season?not to mention the end of the world! But even though we’ve already put away the decorations and made (and broken!) New Year’s resolutions, the celebration isn’t over quite yet: It’s time for the Best of The Voice issue, our annual showcase of some of our best writing from the… Read more »
This editorial originally appeared February 17, 2012, in issue 2007. Are you ?addicted? to technology? According to a new study, you may be?and it may not be your fault. After all, the study found, social media like Twitter is ?as addictive as cigarettes.? How can we fight that kind of power? we’re glued to our… Read more »