National

A new policy at Tufts forbids kicking out roommates to partake in sexual activities (Photo: Lasia Kretzel)

Getting a post-secondary education is seen by many as a good idea and, as we reach the one year anniversary of the economic collapse, the shrinking work force makes this idea look even better. At the moment, many businesses are restructuring and not rehiring. Many industries are focusing on implementing risk management and making companies financially transparent to shareholders.

York University has noticed this trend and has initiated a new graduate degree inspired by the credit crisis – the master of financial accountability (MFAc).

Committees at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College are reviewing the institutions’ codes of conduct and considering extending these codes to student behaviour off-campus. If the code of conduct were to apply to off-campus behaviour, issues such as vandalism, littering and noisy parties could be dealt with by the university with punishments such as community service and loss of university privileges.

However, many students at these schools do not agree with the idea of double-policing.

If a university program guaranteed you meaningful employment within six months of graduation, would you sign up?

This is a question University of Regina students are now faced with. The Saskatchewan university will be the first in Canada to offer this type of incentive to its students by implementing the UR Guarantee in fall 2010.

The university said it has confidence in the guarantee because their graduates had a 97 per cent employment success rate in the past year and, with the addition of this program, they hope to push this up to 100 per cent.

MUN has adopted more lenient punishments for residence students in possession of illegal drugs (Photo: Adam Dietrich)