What makes a good prof?
At its core, a university is an educational institute. To really take advantage of their education, students need great professors to engage their minds and guide their academic and personal growth. But what makes a great professor?
Professors witnesses to change
As university has changed over the years, Carleton professors have watched both a change in the nature of teaching and the attitudes of their students.
Brian Mortimer, Carleton University vice-president (academic) described the changes in the classroom from when he began teaching in the early 1980s.
“Now when instructors go to a classroom, their first act is to boot the computer,” he said. “When I was teaching, the innovation was that we could have coloured transparencies for the overhead projector.”
A demographic timebomb
It’s no secret that Canada’s population is aging.
Life expectancy has increased over the 20th century, while the birth rate is declining.
A 2006 Canadian Senate report predicted that by 2031, 25 per cent of Canadians will be 65 or older.
After 2040, Canada’s population is projected to begin decreasing gradually.
What isn’t clear is what that will mean for Canadians, and for the generation currently in school.
The Talking Body: Flirting and first dates
Everyone has lived the single life at one point or another.
The Talking Body: Lie detection
The small details of a person’s face can play a huge role in determining whether or not a person is lying, according to body language experts.
