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Tag: Continuing education
The rise of the student loan debt is killing initiative
Reading Time: 3 minutes The world has changed a lot but we still try to convince youth that they must go to expensive schools and take on debt that will burden them for years
Without new investment, Canada’s economy will stagnate
Reading Time: 3 minutes That means we need corporate tax reductions and we must ease the regulatory path for businesses
Working in the post-retail era requires a reset
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are still plenty of jobs at the low end of the pay scale. But wouldn’t it be a better idea to simply upgrade your skills?
Mid-career workers are higher education’s next challenge
Reading Time: 3 minutes The traditional student no longer exists. That means we need to find ways to encourage and fund lifelong learning
Education faculties fail to prepare young teachers to be effective
Reading Time: 4 minutes Education schools often tilt from one useless fad to another with little practical use in actual classrooms
Students burdened by rising cost of university education
Reading Time: 3 minutes A look at one Ontario university shows tuitions skyrocketing when compared to asset investment and inflation
Colleges and polytechnics key to business innovation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Let’s unlock their full potential with greater and more consistent government funding
How Oshawa’s displaced workers can land on their feet
Reading Time: 3 minutes Auto workers in Oshawa have learned the hard way that there’s no security, or future, in yesterday’s jobs
The need to nurture a skills economy
Reading Time: 4 minutes We can’t talk about the future of work without also talking about the future of education