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Faculty awaken to the university governance crisis in BC

Mark Mac Lean and Michael Conlon

The resignation of Arvind Gupta reveals worrying trends and damaging ideas about Canadian university governance.

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Community on campus: A partner-ship for a more inclusive university

Stuart Kamenetsky and Christina Dimakos

An innovative program at the University of Toronto Mississauga allows individuals with intellectual disabilities to experience university life.

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Lessons from the eye of the storm: Chakmagate and Western University

Alison Hearn and Vanessa Brown

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

Root Gorelick

An account of attacks on openness and deliberation by someone at the centre of the governance controversy.

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Editor Matters: Whose University is it anyway?

Graeme Stewart

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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OCUFA and the University Funding Model review

Judy Bates

OCUFA has taken a principled approach to its engagement with Ontario’s review of the university funding formula.

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The roles of government in corporatizing Canadian universities

Jamie Brownlee

Government focus on boosting the economy and shrinking public expenditure has transformed our universities.

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A cautionary tale of marketization of postsecondary education

Robert F. Clift

British Columbia’s experience with private postsecondary providers illustrates the danger of market logic in higher education.

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UK Higher Education wars: Federalism awakens

Andrew M. Boggs

The seismic shifts in UK higher education policy can be understood through the lenses of federalism, regulation, and isolationism.

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Editorial Matters: The relationship between higher education and the state has always been a complicated one.

Graeme Stewart

THE FIRST European universities, for the most part established through papal bulls, coexisted uneasily with secular authorities. They were located within kingdoms and […]

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