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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
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Don LePan traces the motivation to start Broadview Press to an experience he had while working at Oxford University Press in the early 1980s. Click here for the full story: https://bit.ly/4hvz4V4
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Don LePan traces the motivation to start Broadview Press to an experience he had while working at Oxford University Press in the early 1980s. Click here for the full story: https://bit.ly/4hvz4V4
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Oh no! Merriam-Webster ys usinge Gen A.I. too! Please repost! (& plese watch to the ende)
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oh no! Merriam-Webster ys usinge Gen A.I. too! Please repost! (& plese watch to the ende)
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The recording is chilling. Solidarity with my colleagues in Texas who teach gender studies & are facing these coordinated attacks on academic freedom.
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The recording is chilling. Solidarity with my colleagues in Texas who teach gender studies & are facing these coordinated attacks on academic freedom.
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Turns out studying philosophy is actually valuable. Philosophy majors don’t just argue well, they actually become better thinkers and do better on tests.
Data from 600k students shows they outscore every other major on reasoning, curiosity and open-mindedness.
Data from 600k students shows they outscore every other major on reasoning, curiosity and open-mindedness.
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
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August 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Turns out studying philosophy is actually valuable. Philosophy majors don’t just argue well, they actually become better thinkers and do better on tests.
Data from 600k students shows they outscore every other major on reasoning, curiosity and open-mindedness.
Data from 600k students shows they outscore every other major on reasoning, curiosity and open-mindedness.
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Public spending on PSE institutions in Canada hit an all-time high of $37B (in 2023$) just after the 2008-9 recession. It's now $35B.
If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B
If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B
With GDP growth: $49B
With govt spending growth: $53B
If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B
If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B
With GDP growth: $49B
With govt spending growth: $53B
August 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Public spending on PSE institutions in Canada hit an all-time high of $37B (in 2023$) just after the 2008-9 recession. It's now $35B.
If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B
If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B
With GDP growth: $49B
With govt spending growth: $53B
If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B
If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B
With GDP growth: $49B
With govt spending growth: $53B