Topic: Governance
Editor Matters: Whose University is it anyway?
The past few years have seen university governance jump from relative obscurity and into the headlines. How universities are run is suddenly […]
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Doing the PPP: a skeptical perspective
Program prioritization—all the rage at Canadian campuses—may be more trouble than it is worth.
READ MOREUniversity Governance: Reflections from the Future U Conference
Last week, I spoke on a panel on university governance at a conference titled Future U: Creating the Universities We Want, organized […]
READ MOREInto the program prioritization debate
Last week, we published an article by Leo Groarke and Beverley Hamilton on program prioritization. For the uninitiated, program prioritization is a […]
READ MOREDoing the PPP: A skeptical perspective
So-called “program prioritization processes” have been a hot topic at American and Ontario universities. But as Leo Groarke and Beverley Hamilton argue, the cost of PPP is much higher than many administrators realize.
READ MOREContempt for values: The controversy over Library and Archives Canada’s Code of Conduct
Library and Archives Canada has introduced a new code of conduct that contains worrying restrictions for its employees. Myron Groover asks how the organization can fulfill its mandate while stifling the ethics and values of the library and archival professions.
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Access Copyright: University libraries give up on the copyright go-between
Access Copyright is much like the Blockbuster Video of Canadian university libraries. At one time, it seemed indispensable. Today, it’s almost obsolete.
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Contract faculty, Corporatization and commercialization, Governance, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Universities and the academic mission
The Last Professors: A eulogy to “the Last Good Job in America”
Frank Donoghue: The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities (Fordham University Press, 2008)
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Using Culture to Understand How the Academy is Governed
William Tierney’s book, The Impact of Culture on Organizational Decision Making (Stylus 2008), discusses the importance of using a cultural lens on the governance of higher education institutions.
READ MOREEditorial Matters – The Road Ahead
A university cancels a public lecture by an outspoken academic due to political pressure. A job offer at a prestigious research institute is rescinded in response to the opposition of a large, corporate sponsor. Police arrest demonstrators at a debate on one the flashpoints of regional geo-politics. A decision with far-reaching academic implications is taken with only perfunctory reference to collegial governance. A university’s strategic plan uses the corporate sector as a model, with the aim of maximizing growth, marketability and profit.
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