Athabasca University’s board of directors has fired its former president Peter Scott without notice after a legal battle with the Alberta government.
without notice, and replaced him with now-president Alex Clark, after a legal battle with the Alberta government.
Clark was announced as the new president in a news release on Wednesday afternoon, where he described his vision for the university and priorities for the rest of the academic year., Clark said he wants to strengthen the school’s academic goals while engaging with the local community as an institution known for its online courses.
The firing comes amidst an ongoing battle with the provincial government, which intensified in August last year after Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides threatened to cut the university’s funding if it doesn’t end its near-virtual strategy.
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