Acadiate is proud to support the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Global Education Coalition. The Global Education Coalition launched by UNESCO is a platform for collaboration and exchange to protect…
Ontario Universities’ Guidance Dialogues virtual event for 3,000 high school guidance counsellors
This year, many university and college on-campus and open house events were delayed or cancelled. This was extremely unfortunate because open houses and campus tours are important in helping students…
New Survey Says Only a Third of College Students Feel Prepared for Job Market and Workplace
Overall, only about a third of college students feel prepared that they’ll graduate with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the job market and in the…
Consolidation, Collaboration or Closure? How Colleges Stay Alive in 2018
This is an interest article covering a round table discussion on the future of American higher education institutions, where any are now facing tough decisions on survival. Of particular…
A Checklist for Transformative Leaders
Higher-education transformation, which is essential if colleges and universities are to survive in the 21st century, relies on transformative presidential leadership. Twenty-seven years ago, Judy B. Rosener, now a…
Recent survey on student preparation suggests lack of confidence, not lack of skills
The results of a recent survey on student preparation for the workforce suggest that students are not as prepared as they should be, but John Warner argues that the data…
On ‘Experiential Learning’
In his classic 1963 study Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Richard Hofstadter convincingly argues that Americans’ suspicion of purely intellectual pursuits extends even to our thinking about how to structure and value…
Many graduates struggling to make the leap from school to career
Josh Grant had no idea how tough it would be to embark on a career when he graduated from Western University with a business degree four years ago. “I got…
Why we need to be transparent about career outcomes
The more open universities are about where their PhDs are getting jobs, the better equipped current students are to forge their own career paths. For the past 20 years, expert panels of scientists have…
MIA in School: Instilling a Sense of Purpose in Students
This is a great article that touches on the junction between student personal passions, education, skill acquisition and success in academy and professional life. At Acadiate we recognize that effective…