By . Freezing tuition is a terrible policy. Free tuition is actually a better idea. At least it’s based on a particular theory of access and public expenditure. A tuition freeze is just a decision not to take any more decisions. It’s a recipe for drift. More...
By . Last week, the Harvard Crimson printed some unofficial estimates on the university’s current capital campaign. Be forewarned: these numbers will give many of you a heart attack, so to soften the impact I’m going to lead by providing some background on the campaign. More...
By . Western Canada seems to be ground zero for talking about Board composition these days. Take, for example, folks at UBC getting upset that government appointments to the Board of Governors lack a certain diversity (i.e. they all come either from old Vancouver money or the tech sector). More...
By . Just for giggles the other day, I took a look at Canadian university expenditures in 2013-14 using (as usual) the CAUBO/Statscan Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey. I looked at operating expenditures by category. Then I normalized them per FTE student. And I got some very weird results which I thought I would share with y’all. More...
By . I recently had a chat with a colleague about a piece I wrote a few years ago called “Time for a New Duff-Berdahl”. And over the course of the conversation we came up with two theories about university governance in Canada (and elsewhere I suppose). More...
By . Harvard has a unique Governance structure. Basically, it has two boards and no Senate. One of the two boards – the Board of Overseers – is composed entirely of Harvard alumni. It has thirty members and the membership turns over a bit each year with annual elections. This year’s annual election is a bit of a doozy. More...
By . About a month ago, Universities Canada held a meeting to talk up the Liberal Arts. I wasn’t there, and can only go by what I saw on twitter and what I can glean from this University Affairs article which you can read here. But if the conversation was actually anything like what the sub-head suggests it was (we need better stories!), I’m not impressed. More...
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