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Category Archives: Queen’s Finances
OCUFA Conference: Academia in the Age of Austerity, Jan. 10-11 2013 (posted 15 October 2012)
As emailed by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations to members, 15 October 2012: Governments in Canada and elsewhere have embraced “austerity” as a necessary public policy to eliminate budgetary deficits and ensure future prosperity. How has this “austerity … Continue reading
Vancouver Sun: Universities have been taken over by administrators (15 May 2012)
By Barry Cooper. As published in The Vancouver Sun, 15 May 2012: For the past few weeks I have been working at the University of Erlangen in Germany. Apart from congenial students and colleagues, the most impressive aspect of the place … Continue reading
Are Bloated Bureaucracies Undermining Higher Education?
Book excerpt and interview with Benjamin Ginsberg, political science professor at Johns Hopkins University and author “The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why it Matters.” From 1975 to 2005, the cost of attending public universities in … Continue reading
OCUFA on Ontario Election Results
With the Ontario election resulting in a Liberal minority government — one seat short of a majority — coupled with an uncertain economy, many questions remain regarding the Liberal government’s policy directions for higher education, and their impact on the … Continue reading
Constance Adamson, OCUFA Pres (and QU Librarian) re tuition & salaries
Just in from OCUFA Reports, Oct 5, 2011 Adamson sets record straight about linking soaring tuition to faculty salaries A Windsor Star editorial (“What’s driving the bottom line,” Sept. 14) commenting on the negotiations between the Windsor University Faculty Association and the … Continue reading
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OCUFA Election Questionnaire
This link provides the answers OCUFA received from each of the parties regarding post-secondary education. The link displays a pdf file. Provincial-Political-Party-Responses-to-the-OCUFA-Election-Questionnaire
Posted in OCUFA Reports, Queen's Finances
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OCUFA Data Check: Are Ontario university pension plans insolvent?
The Ontario government requires that every pension plan in Ontario regularly assess whether a plan would have enough money to pay for the benefits promised to plan members, should a plan have to wrap up operations immediately. At the height … Continue reading
Posted in Pension reform, Queen's Finances
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So you think you can budget?
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives As the start to this week’s budget marathon,the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives just officially released the “So you think you can budget?” tool It allows you to check off the programs you like, see … Continue reading
Posted in Budget/Crisis, Clippings
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OCUFA Report: On the mend.
OCUFA Report March 1, 2011 On the mend: university endowment funds rebounding The endowment funds of Canadian universities are on the rise, with the rebound in the market being partly responsible. (Others factors affecting a fund’s balance sheet are: withdrawals … Continue reading
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From PSAC Local 901: Top Administrators at Queen’s should lead by Example
From PSAC Local 901 Blog on February 5, 2011 http://www.psac901.org/ We are now approaching University budget season. Alongside the presentation of the new budget, one should expect the usual chorus of explanations for the University’s financial crisis: “times are tough”; … Continue reading
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