Good article from Alex Usher pointing to an inherent contradiction in criticisms of Canadian universities. Ther criticisms are these:
- "Universities should stop being copies of each other and start differentiating themselves and offering more niche courses".
- "Universities should make credits fully portable".
Usher writes, "If you want credits to be transferable, you need standardization. If you want differentiation, you can't expect full transferability." But the goodness in the article is what follows, a quite nuanced view of how universities design programs and make decisions in a way that results in a lot of variety even for common credentials.
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