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Category Archives: Financial Constraints
SGPS Appeal: Holiday Assistance Program (9 November 2012)
As emailed to campus lists by the Queen’s Society of Graduate and Professional Students, 9 November 2012: With the holiday season fast approaching, a number of our students face additional hardships. In particular, students with dependents struggle as they are … Continue reading
Elizabeth Hanson, The Fantasy of Online Education (18 September 2012)
Letter to CBC Radio in response to Ira Basen’s documentary, The Big Disruption: Universities in the Digital Age (The Sunday Edition, 9 September 2012). Posted by permission. To CBC Sunday Morning As a professor in an Ontario university I listened with … Continue reading
OCUFA Memo on SMA’s (23 August 2012)
By Mark Rosenfeld, Executive Director of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA); as emailed to member associations, 23 August 2012. Re: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) Strategic Mandate Agreements for Ontario Universities and Colleges I am … Continue reading
OCUFA: Ontario Government Launches Consultation on University Reform (5 July 2012)
As sent to members by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations on 5 July 2012 and subsequently posted: On Thursday, June 28, 2012, OCUFA President Constance Adamson and OCUFA staff met with Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities Glen … Continue reading
CAUT Analysis of the Federal Budget 2012: “You cannot cut your way to prosperity” (2 April 2012)
As emailed by the Canadian Association of University Teachers to Faculty Associations on 2 April 2012: CAUT Analysis of 2012 Federal Budget
OCUFA, Ontario budget adds up to less funding and more intervention (28 March 2012)
As emailed by the Ontario Confederation of Faculty Associations (OCUFA), 28 March 2012. Responds to the 2012 Ontario Budget. See also reviews and analyses by Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA); CBC News; Globe & Mail; Globe & Mail; Eckler Consultants. … Continue reading
OCUFA Analysis of the Drummond Report: Long on cuts, short on insight (22 February 2012)
As posted by the Ontario Confederation of Faculty Associations (OCUFA), 22 February 2012. Responds to the Report of the Drummond Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, released 15 February 2012. See also OCUFA to Drummond (15 February 2012). Introduction: What’s old is new … Continue reading
Drummond Report, Chapter 7: Post-Secondary Education (15 February 2012)
Excerpt from the Report of the Drummond Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, as released 15 February 2012. See also OCUFA to Drummond (15 February 2012) and OCUFA Analysis (22 February 2012).
Mark Jones, Re QJ article on Faculty Board (13 December 2011)
As emailed to campus lists on 13 December 2011: Dear Colleagues: There is a revealing story just out in Queen’s Journal concerning Friday’s Faculty Board motion to rescind the BFA Freeze:
Arts and Science Faculty Board Passes Motion to Rescind BFA Admissions Freeze (9 December 2011)
For the sequel to this post, see here and here. Arts and Science Faculty Board passed the following motion in its meeting today:
Mark Jones, Open Letter to Senate: Six Reasons Why it is Wrong to Freeze BFA Admissions Without Academic Process (4 December 2011)
As emailed to Senators and to Queen’s campus lists, 4 December 2011: Dear Senators and Colleagues: The relative lack of genuine, two-way discussion on Queen’s campus following the Globe and Mail’s announcement in early November of our Administration’s decision to … Continue reading
Star: Art Education (3 December 2011)
By Murray Whyte. As published in the Toronto Star, 3 December 2011: It’s D-day at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, though hundreds of students and faculty at the 124-year old university won’t know what that means for … Continue reading
Carl Heywood, “Puzzled”: Letter to Faculty of Arts and Science Dean Alistair MacLean (18 November 2011)
As emailed by Carl Heywood, 18 November 2011; posted by permission. Dear Alistair: You may not remember me, but we have met. I am full professor emeritus Carl Heywood who taught in the Queen’s BFA program from 1974 to 2006. … Continue reading
Jordan Morelli, Urgent Message to Queen’s Senators (13 November 2011)
As emailed by Professor Jordan Morelli (Queen’s Senator from Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy) to Faculty Senators on 13 November 2011): Dear Colleagues, As you may recall, last year Queen’s Senate reviewed, updated, and approved the “Purpose and Functions of … Continue reading
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Globe & Mail: Queen’s University suspends its fine arts program, citing shortage of resources (10 November 2011)
By James Bradshaw. Globe and Mail Update, Published Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 11:13AM EST. When this story appeared in the Globe it had not been announced on campus by e-Queen’s Bulletin. Queen’s University is suspending enrolment to its Bachelor of … Continue reading
Queen’s Journal: Fine Art to suspend admissions (9 November 2011)
By Meaghan Wray and Katherine Fernandez-Blance, Queen’s Journal, 9 November 2011. For related stories, see: Testimonials for Queen’s Fine Arts (November 2011) James Bradshaw, “Queen’s University suspends its fine arts program, citing shortage of resources,” Globe & Mail, 10 November; “BFA … Continue reading
PSAC Local 901: Top Administrators at Queen’s should Lead by Example (4 February 2011)
As posted by PSAC Local 901, which represents Graduate Teaching Assistants and Teaching Fellows at Queen’s, on 4 February 2011: PSAC901-Lead by Example (2011 02 04)
“Budget” (Excerpt from the “Dean’s Report” to FAS Faculty Board) (13 Feb. 2009)
By Alistair MacLean, Dean of Arts and Science; excerpt from Faculty Board Minutes, pp. 3-4. [In this excerpt the Dean projects budget-cuts of 5.5% in 2009-2010, 6% in 2010-2011, and 8% in 2011-2012, and proposes “to suspend admission in September … Continue reading
