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Canadian Association of University Teachers concerned about government overreach.
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The way Athabasca University’s president was terminated and replaced was legal, but it wasn’t an example of “best practices,” says the university’s chair Byron Nelson, after a number of governors said they were unaware of the vote until the decision had been made.
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Association denounced lack of transparency and firing of a president who openly defied provincial directive.
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