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Campus Confidential:

100 startling things you don't know about Canadian universities
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James Lorimer & Company, Mar 7, 2011 - Education - 248 pages
Our universities represent the very best in our society. They are the wellsprings of new ideas, the incubators of new companies, the centres of culture, the training ground for the leaders of tomorrow, and the meeting place for brilliant young minds and accomplished mentors. Or at least, that's how it's supposed to be. The truth is, our universities are floundering, and as a result they are coming under attack from all sides -- from government, students, parents, and faculty. To respond to these challenges, the first step is to face the uncomfortable facts about universities today. That's what insiders Kenneth Coates and William Morrison do in this short book. If we can get past the myths and dreams to come to terms with universities as they actually are, we can start a real debate about what they should be doing.
  

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Review: Campus Confidential: 100 Startling Things You Don't Know about Canadian Universities

User Review  - Blaine - Goodreads

I was taught by Bill Morrison, one of the authors of the book. As I was making my way through this book, I could relate to some of the things he had to say way back in the late 70s. There were a few ... Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
11
I A Students Guide to University
15
II Planning a University Career
31
III Inside the Ivory Tower
49
IV Do Canadian Universities Work?
83
V The View from the Front of the Class
101
VI A Professors Life
131
VII Universities in Canadian Society
161
VIII Are Canadas Universities Ready for the TwentyFirst Century?
205
Epilogue
229
Sources
239
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About the author (2011)

KEN S. COATES is Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan. Formerly, he was Dean, Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo. He lives in Saskatoon.

BILL MORRISON was a professor and administrator at universities in Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia and a visiting professor in the United States before he retired in 2010. Morrison has published fourteen books, twelve of them in collaboration with Ken S. Coates. He lives in Ladysmith, BC.

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