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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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The Crisis in Higher Education - Technology Review

Online versions of college courses are attracting hundreds of thousands of students, millions of dollars in funding, and accolades from university administrators. Is this a fad, or is higher education about to get the overhaul it needs?

An interesting and informative article in Technology Review by Nicholas Carr.

Proposals due Nov 15 for CU Expo 2013: The Canadian-led international conference on community-university partnerships

Proposals are due Nov 15 to present at CU Expo, the Canadian-led international conference on community-university partnerships, set to take place June 12-15,

2013 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.  The CU Expo website is now live and information on proposal submission is posted at http://bit.ly/N33FtM

Towards Common Criteria for Learning Communities and Cities (Second Extended Version)

Featured below and attached you will find the second and extended version of the framework document Towards Common Criteria for Learning Communities and Cities (Word and PDF).

You are most welcome to circulate the framework, as we are interested in all kinds of comments and reflections.

Best regards,

Jan Gejel

Xploit Coordinator

Canadian national discussion on community campus collaboration

Canada's Governor-General, the Rt. Honourable David Johnson presided over a working meeting of research funding bodies, national community university engagement networks, national community leaders and a number of others met on May 26, 2013 to discuss an initiative designed to strengthen the community university engaged scholarship movement in the country.

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14th PASCAL International Observatory Conference - South Africa

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