Dear all
this essay by Ken Coates in the Globe and Mail may be of interest, the same way stepping on Lego is. It's about the financial troubles at various universities.
I don't agree with all the arguments. But I fear this is a mild version of what many taxpayers may *think*, when universities go to the provinces to increase budgets.
"Universities, and not just Queen’s, should note that there is precious little appetite for immediate provincial government assistance. The public does not feel the pain of Queen’s and other public universities. Almost no one is clamouring for expensive bailouts. A few years ago, universities were seen as crucial to Canada’s economic survival. Now, they are on their own."
cheers
Nilima
-- Nilima Nigam
Professor
Dept. of Mathematics
Simon Fraser University