Provincial bill threatens academic freedoms professors, students say

Professors, students say Nova Scotia university bill threatens academic freedoms - Halifax

Speakers appearing before a Nova Scotia legislature committee say the bill is a case of overreach that could threaten academic freedoms.

Provincial bill threatens academic freedoms professors, students say

HALIFAX — Academics and students told a Nova Scotia legislature committee Tuesday that a bill giving the government more control over the province’s 10 universities is a case of overreach that could threaten academic freedoms. The legislation would link funding decisions to the government’s social and economic priorities and could force universities into unplanned reorganization. […]

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HALIFAX—Intervenors who appeared before a committee of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly argue that a bill that would give the government greater control over the province's ten universities is an excess of power that could threaten academic freedoms, which would link funding decisions to the government's social and economic priorities and allow it to appoint up to half of the board members of a university.

Stakeholders who appeared before a committee of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly argue that a bill that would give the government more control over the province's ten universities is an excess of power that could threaten academic freedoms.