Administration

The audit found that some universities have struggled to fill a funding gap created by the province’s decision to reduce and freeze domestic tuition fees.

The neuroscientist is gearing up to cover topics from open, team-based science to putting EDI to work in the field.

There are many lessons learned, but ensuring good university governance is the number one priority.

The search for a systemic response to a growing concern.

Festina lente: the new leadership agenda for higher education.

Members of the university community share lessons they’ll carry with them after more than two years of upheaval from COVID-19.

The four-month pilot project will see staff work a 28-hour week instead of the typical 35.

While you don’t necessarily need all these attributes, they definitely help if you are considering an administration role.

Some universities experiencing record-breaking giving, but clarity is important to avoid misunderstandings.

An expert on leadership in higher education explores the reasons women are less likely to be appointed president, and why so many have unfinished mandates.

Lessons learned from successful campus implementation efforts.

‘We are cautiously optimistic that we are entering the recovery phase,’ one comptroller says.

We need to put aside our preconceived notions about how universities should be run, to better assess where we need to make improvements.

The pandemic has made the important work of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and of aggressively fighting resurgent racism at an institutional level, all the more urgent.

Universities should be places for people to discover their own ways of contributing to their communities, not vocational assembly lines.

StFX students will now receive two degrees when they graduate: one in Latin and one in Mi’kmaw.

Moving to online delivery of programs and services forced universities to be creative. Here are some of the initiatives they’ll keep as we return to campus in person this fall.

The entire university community should systematically incorporate issues of climate change and the collapse of biodiversity into introductory courses.

As universities prepare a return to on-campus activities, many are hoping to keep advantages of remote teaching.

Most universities say they will follow local public health guidelines and are strongly encouraging staff and students to get vaccinated.