Advanced Education minister says Alberta will help with the relocation of 500 Athabasca University school staff | Globalnews.ca

Alberta’s Advanced Education minister says he is willing to help Athabasca University with whatever it wants — including money — to relocate 500 employees to the small town that’s the school’s namesake but says the school has not stepped up.

The two sides have been debating the role and mission of Athabasca University for months. It is Canada’s largest online university, hosting 40,000 students linked up virtually across Canada and beyond with instructors. Nicolaides agrees, saying he is not reinventing the school’s mandate but simply trying to reverse the trend away from it.Alberta threatens funding cut to Athabasca University in ongoing battleOn Friday, he publicly called the plan backward and self-defeating while making it harder to recruit top talent and needlessly siphoning off critical funds, resources, and time better devoted to learning.Scott said he wants to help but said it’s unfair to ask the school to be the town’s key economic driver.

Asked about this potentially self-defeating rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul aspect of the relocation scheme, Nicolaides said those are the kinds of issues that need to be hashed out — but said it can’t be done until the school antes up the details. Scott said the school pitched a “talent management plan” in its June 30 submission, including inducements such as on-site hubs, meeting and research spaces. He said officials didn’t hear back.

Nicolaides has also directed that the board’s acceptance of the plan be followed by an implementation strategy submitted no later than the end of September.Failure to do so, said Nicolaides, means the school risks losing its $3.4-million monthly provincial grant. Scott has said that represents a quarter of total funding and without it, the school will likely fail.

If students are on line…what is the problem with UA education plan? This minister is out of touch with reality.

After slashing and burning! Must be an election coming!

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Alberta will help Athabasca University with cash, minister says, as school’s fate hangs in balanceAlberta is willing to help Athabasca University relocate 500 employees but the school has not stepped up in asking for any assistance So interesting 🧐. Students don’t have to live there but a lot more staff do. OK…………hope they figure it out soon.
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Alberta government wants 65 per cent of Athabasca University employees working in town, president says | CBC NewsThe provincial government has told Athabasca University it must have 500 more staff working in the northern Alberta town within two years, or risk losing some of its public funding, the university's president said. Why not? Many ppl have been indoctrinated by the Fed Govt that says workers can work from home or from a Bar at some Tropical Resort- at least for the Athabasca University the employees should live in the town and support the community or no Govt Funding There go those Conservatives, picking winners and losers again. Why?
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