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Posts Tagged ‘education’

Dear Old Golden Rule Days

By Stan Persky | 2018 August 11

Sheldon Goldfarb’s history of student life at UBC takes us back to school.

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The Young and the Restless, and Laura Kipnis

By Stan Persky | 2015 July 25

“Feminist students protest feminist prof for writing about feminism”: the Laura Kipnis story.

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It’s the End of the Semester… as we know it

By Stan Persky | 2013 April 18

Stan Persky looks at the 2012-13 teaching season. Everything from “real education” to MOOCs and the Virtual U.

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The Lower Depths

By Stan Persky | 2011 September 9

What’s the state of post-secondary education in 2011? Stan Persky goes underground to find out.

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What Good Are Books?

By Stan Persky | 2010 January 3

Rick Salutin thinks we could do with a lot less book-reading.

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Decline and Distraction

By Stan Persky | 2009 December 19

The illusions of empire and the illusions of critics of illusions.

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Is Mark Kingwell Getting Dumber?

By Stan Persky | 2009 May 31

A “modest proposal” by philosophy professor Mark Kingwell is too clever by half.

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Letter from Berlin: The Twilight of the Gods

By Stan Persky | 2009 April 27

Berlin goes to the polls to vote on religion versus ethics.

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Not for Everyone

By Stan Persky | 2008 June 20

Margaret Wente has a bright idea about who should and shouldn’t go to university.

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