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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.”

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.

Everyone has lived the single life at one point or another.

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.

Eye contact and firm handshakes are key to acing a job interview, career advisers agree.

“The handshake is probably the most important since it’s your first interaction with the interviewer,” said Allison Nawoj, a career advisor with Career Builder.  “You don’t want to be too firm, you also don’t want to be too weak.”

Not to say that’s the only thing interviewees should be concerned with.