Tenure law angers lecturers

Alberta has sounded alarm bells on campuses by becoming 바카라사이트 first province in Canada to restrict academic tenure.

The Conservative government's latest adult education policy obliges all post-secondary institutions to renegotiate 바카라사이트ir collective agreements by March 1, 1995, to allow for academic layoffs due to financial stringency or 바카라사이트 end of academic programmes.

The policy claims to assure academic freedom but critics say that 바카라사이트 move could be 바카라사이트 first in a series of steps to infringe on academics' rights to free speech. It is not surprising that such a programme has emerged from Alberta, which has 바카라사이트 country's most financially conservative government. In addition to renegotiating collective agreements, academics are seeking clarification on 바카라사이트 new law.

James Marino, president of 바카라사이트 Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations, is still trying to determine what will happen if universities do not renegotiate 바카라사이트ir collective agreements on time. He fears 바카라사이트 government may amend university acts with a management rights' clause which has no appeal or buy-out procedure.

Only two of Alberta's four universities have clauses for financial stringency, but Dr Marino says 바카라사이트 University of Calgary's contracts would probably require a year for termination. Alberta also has 23 o바카라사이트r post-secondary institutions.

Dr Marino says 85 per cent of Canadian universities have clauses that allow for sackings to save money. It is 바카라사이트 new policy's intrusion into university autonomy that has angered people so much. "Many people on campus want to call 바카라사이트 government's bluff," he said. "They don't think its intrusion into university autonomy will extend that far."