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Creso’s latest column analyzes the decision by a federal judge to deny a study permit to a Chinese applicant who sought to pursue a PhD at the University of Waterloo. The rationale behind this decision has a distinctive logic similar to that of “precrime”… Full Text. Continue reading

On August 10, 2023, Magdalena Martinez successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “The Role of Stakeholders in Outreach Policy: A Case Study of Private and Public Universities in São Paulo, Brazil.” Her thesis investigated how Brazilian universities approach their outreach activities, which are enshrined in the constitution as a fundamental university mission. Drawing from interviews with Continue reading

Paul Basken wrote on the politics of Canadian science policy in Times Higher Education, discussing the record of the Trudeau government in this area. Check the full text (free registration may be needed). Continue reading

On July 20, Summer Cowley successfully defender her thesis titled “Prestige and Stratification of the Academic Careers of University Presidents”. Her thesis investigates early advantages in the academic career of university presidents conferred by their terminal degrees. Her study draws from a hand-curated dataset of 314 presidencies between 1980 and 2021 at Canadian and American Continue reading

Perhaps the most written about institution in the world thanks to its unique relationship with Silicon Valley, Stanford University has been mired in controversy since last fall. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, its president since 2016 (and originally from Trenton, Ont.), has been accused of co-authoring a string of papers that include images that allegedly may have been Continue reading

Creso’s new University Affairs column discusses how the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System continues a ritualistic cycle of reviews and reports into Canada’s scientific support infrastructure. Read full-text. Continue reading