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    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:52 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Student engagement improvement efforts should be focused at program level, study says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research commissioned by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario observes that student engagement surveys can show clear patterns of engagement that vary dramatically by academic program, and these patterns could help PSE institutions design targeted initiatives to improve student engagement.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:07:02 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft, Barnes & Noble form digital textbook partnership]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Backed by a $300-million investment by Microsoft, Barnes & Noble is transforming its college-textbook and digital divisions into a new subsidiary aimed at turning more students on to e-textbooks. Although e-textbooks account for a small portion of Barnes & Noble's business, the market is likely to expand in the next several years, and partnering with Microsoft will strengthen its ability to capture a greater share of the college textbook market, says the president of Barnes & Noble Digital Projects.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:01:51 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[School says it's boosting grades to help students pass exams]]></title>
		<link>http://www.cais.ca/page.cfm?p=405&amp;newsid=152</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The website for the International School of Excellence has been claiming that parents choose the private facility in northeast Calgary because every single one of its students is passing his Grade 12 diploma exams.
But the majority of the school's graduates are actually failing the standardized tests and only managing to pass courses because their teachers are handing out marks that are dramatically higher.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:35:20 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Canadian mission seeks bright young Asian students]]></title>
		<link>http://www.cais.ca/page.cfm?p=405&amp;newsid=151</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[That lots of foreign students attend Canadian universities has been known for some time. However, the fact that scores of Canadian high schools are also big players is almost a secret. When the two parts of the business are added together, educating young foreigners in Canada is more important in dollar terms than revenues from Canada's lumber and coal exports.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:30:08 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Is the PD day broken?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.cais.ca/page.cfm?p=405&amp;newsid=150</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professional development days may do little to improve teaching. Bill Whelan told the P.E.I. Ministry of Education it was time to take a long, hard look at PD, or "professional development," days. A medical physicist at the University of P.E.I., Prof. Whelan was co-chair of a one-year commission tasked with modernizing the province's school system. Among 48 recommendations was a prominent call for PD reform.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:50:03 -0000</pubDate>

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