Universities and colleges have had significant success in personalizing acceptance letters – from sending golden tickets to pet rocks. Students want to feel like they’re individuals, not numbers, to a school.
Read moreAfter years of working with Canadian colleges and universities, I’d estimate that over half of their instructors are now adjuncts – non-tenure track faculty members who work part-time and are paid per class they teach. Over the past few years, that percentage has been increasing.
Read moreYou might have heard – Ontario universities and colleges are in for a budget shake-up. The plan was announced towards the end of 2016, after the Ontario government accepted the key recommendations in a 2015 report from former Deputy Minister Suzanne Herbert.
Read moreWhether you’re a department chair at a small college or a major research university, we know that preparing each semester’s budget is one of the most stressful and thankless parts of your job. There are so many things to consider: building overhead, office supplies, and personnel are the biggies, and you know better than anyone all the little bits and pieces unique to your specialty. Most of the time, colleges rely on departmental budgets and estimates to come in before making their overarching operating budget, so there’s also the pressure of a deadline to deal with.
Read moreFiscot, a Toronto based company, provides powerful add-on “last mile” software solutions for Higher Education institutions that integrate seamlessly with existing ERPs and that address potential “white space” needs.
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