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No More Publish or Perish: The Silver Lining of Singer's Appointment
David Noble
York University's appointment of Martin Singer as first Dean of the new, merged Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies signals the institution's de facto abandonment of scholarly achievement as a criterion of evaluation.
Shoukri's 'Mandate' for the Corporatization of York
David Noble
In a Globe and Mail profile published just after his first week in office, York University's new president Mandouh Shoukri revealed his bold plans to "renovate" the university by focusing upon commercialized research in science, engineering, and medicine. "That is what my mandate is all about," Shoukri explained, "the direction is set."…
At York , of course, it will be an easy sell, as it always is in an autocratic environment... And some will see in the coming renovation a career or organizational opportunity. Already Arthur Hilliker, the president of the faculty association, has publicly echoed Shoukri in his enthusiastic and self-serving –he is chairman of the biology department –endorsement of the mandate.
