The Higher Ed Round Up: July 7, 2017

Does a fear of "looking stupid" hold you back in the classroom? Read about this and more in this latest collection of PSE stories from around the web.

Global education survey: Canadian students most likely to fund their own post-secondary, take advantage of education savings plans

Newswire
A global study of 8,400 parents across 15 different countries and territories found that Canadian students in Canada are the most likely of the surveyed markets to help fund their own educational goals.

Ottawa funds mentorship network to support Indigenous health researchers

CBC
Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended increasing number of Indigenous people in health care.

New mentorship program for indigenous students

The Chronicle Journal
Federal Minister of Health Jane Philpott announced Wednesday in Thunder Bay a new mentorship program for indigenous students pursuing careers in health research.

Arctic research lab to be mothballed as federal grant expires, Dal physicist says

CBC
Dalhousie University researcher laments lack of consistent funding from federal government.

What the 21st-Century Library Looks Like

The Chronicle of Higher Education
In the internet age, librarians are focusing less on books and more on teaching. Is something getting lost in the transition?

Marking exams? When it comes to workload, less can mean more

The Times Higher Education
Academics who take regular breaks from assessment will get more done than those who toil away for 10 hours straight, study says.

Academics 'fail to change teaching due to fear of looking stupid'

The Times Higher Education
Anthropologist spent more than a year among lecturers to understand why they don't adopt innovative methods.

Francophone higher education in Canada is not just about Quebec

The Times Higher Education
The western provinces' French-speaking universities reinforce a Canadian identity that is bilingual and multicultural, say Gabor Csepregi and Rodney Clifton.