Monthly Archives: November 2009

NEWS THAT MATTERS

Posted on November 30, 2009 by QUFA

‘Signficant’ and ‘difficult’ choices to be made: Woolf Economy: Cutbacks loom if operating costs not reduced, Queen’s principal warns. By IAN ELLIOT The Kingston Whig Standard November 27, 2009 http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2195503 Daniel Woolf delivered his first financial update as principal of … Continue reading →

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NEWS THAT MATTERS

Posted on November 17, 2009 by QUFA

Universities Turn to Consultants to Trim Budgets By TAMAR LEWIN The New York Times November 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/education/15bain.html?_r=1&sq=universities&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print, 16 Nov 09 When Holden Thorp, the chancellor of the University of North Carolina, was looking for ways to cut the university’s … Continue reading →

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NEWS THAT MATTERS

Posted on November 16, 2009 by QUFA

Stimulus spending restraint premature: professors October 22 Canadian News Wire http://www.cnw.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/22/c9741.html “While we welcome the Government’s pledge to keep investing in Ontario’s education system, we are extremely concerned about any premature move to restrain stimulus spending,” said Mark Langer, president … Continue reading →

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NEWS THAT MATTERS

Posted on November 16, 2009 by QUFA

Some advice for the premier on Dalton Days By Michael Decter – Chief Negotiator of the 1993 Ontario Social Contract. Tue Nov 10 2009 http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/723398 Premier Dalton McGuinty has mused recently about adopting some aspects of the Rae government’s Social … Continue reading →

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