Alberta wants Athabasca University, an online university, to prop up the town’s economy by moving employees to the rural region
The Alberta government has backed off on its threat to cut funding to Athabasca University unless the school agrees to relocate hundreds of employees to the small town that shares its name, with the minister in charge of post-secondary education signalling he is willing to negotiate the proposed residency target.
“It is a suggestion,” Mr. Nicolaides said Tuesday. If AU believes some of the targets in Alberta’s proposed funding deal, known as an investment management agreement, are “unattainable,” the government would be willing to “chat about that [and] revise them.” The institution welcomed Mr. Nicolaides’s softer stance. “AU would be thrilled to return to the consultative relationship it has had with government for years,” Kristine Williamson, a spokeswoman for AU, said in a statement.
The minister’s explanation for subsequent residency quota figures was that the school’s response came up short of the government’s expectations, so Alberta had to “fill in the blanks to the best of our ability.” Mr. Scott said Alberta gave AU until Sept. 30 to sign on to the proposed funding deal or risk losing $3.4-million in monthly funding.
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