AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill says government needs to change the way it looks at student loans. In this article about the high bad loans rate, he suggests the information should be used to determine where or on what terms to grant loans in the first instance.
The Canadian Health Care Consensus Group explains the miscalculations used by the uninformed in the health care reform debate; AIMS tells a House Committee that bad policy is killing jobs and shows a Senate Committee the true weight of equalization. And meet the new wonks.
The New Brunswick government is offering a $2,000 tuition credit for university students next year as a means of making post-secondary education more affordable. However, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill says the program won't really accomplish its goal.
AIMS Fellow in Public Education Reform is making news in Australia. Given that 75 per cent of Australian voters rate education as very important in determining who gets their vote, it's clear that the politicians will use education as an issue in next year's election. This article in The Australian talks about what needs to be done to improve public education in that country and uses McBeath's work as an example.
In this editorial that appeared in Fredericton's Daily Gleaner, the paper uses a comment from AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill to make the point that it is time to aggressively recruit students for that province's post-secondary institutions.
Although a large number of people continue to obtain a post-secondary education, many post-secondary institutions are grappling with the challenge of a declining population, the reality of a changing learning environment and an economy that is demanding a different type of worker. In this article in Fredericton's Daily Gleaner, AIMS acting president Charles Cirtwill talked to reporter Mark Taylor about post-secondary institutions and where he thinks post-secondary education is headed.
After battling it through the Freedom of Information commissioner and the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, AIMS agreed to a compromise to obtain partial historical records about student performance in schools under the Halifax Regional School Board. This story in the Chronicle-Herald explains that it's only considered a partial victory.
AIMS secures partial data set after extended FOI process
Universities must prepare for a future with fewer students was the p
From the fishery - to education - to pharmacare policy, this edition of The Beacon examines public policy for a number of issues.