Topic: Governance
Defending collegial governance at Brock University
The successful campaign against admin overreach at Brock University carries lessons for faculty everywhere.
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Faculty awaken to the university governance crisis in BC
The resignation of Arvind Gupta reveals worrying trends and damaging ideas about Canadian university governance.
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Lessons from the eye of the storm: Chakmagate and Western University
The controversy around presidential pay at Western proved to be a flashpoint for taking back control.
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Obscuring transparency and silencing dissent
An account of attacks on openness and deliberation by someone at the centre of the governance controversy.
READ MOREEditor 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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