Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winn Pix i Zipris dec Embet too Many Deadwood Rubenstein reports scrap professors u of m prof recommends local a7 by Nick Martin University Union contracts and professors tenure have to be controversial University of Manitoba Hymie Rubenstein in a report written for the Eraser Rubenstein says its necessary if Canadian universities Are to recruit and retain Bright Young academics in a competitive there Are several thousand Deadwood professors in Canadian universities being protected by Strong weak administrations and indifferent Rubenstein charges in the report to the righting Vancouver think there preventing younger academics from getting or forcing them to move to the he professors should individually negotiate deals with universities in which there paid for their productivity and demand for their expertise in the mar Rubenstein Many of Rubenstein arguments Are absurd u of m academic Vic president Jim Gardner Hes dreaming nobody would come Here to no serious University involved in High qual Ity training or research has this Type of Gardner it exacerbates the brain Rubenstein said its something that in the air Here at the University its my Young colleagues who feel there underpaid compared to older Rubenstein said he would separate remuneration for teaching and research duties and pay a series of unlimited performance bonuses above a minimum salary of a changes will have to come from the through Competition from the private universities starting to appear in or through the min ister of educations Banning unions on Campus something the doer nip government is unlikely to Rubenstein University of Manitoba students Union presi Dent Steven Fletcher was enthusiastic about Ruben steins there is youd have to break the i would said what Rubenstein is really looking at is a philosophical if you believe in Market the compensation would match the Gardner said the Way to Stop the brain Drain is to provide More funding for higher starting salaries its something that in the air Here at the University its my Young col leagues who feel there underpaid compared to older professors a of professor Hymie Rubenstein and the equipment and resources that attract Young Peter president of the u of m faculty adding i dont know of any firs class academic who would accept an Unten ured tenure Doest protect professors from being fired for incompetence or non performance it guarantees their Freedom of Blunden this is typical Eraser Institute the last thing they want is Independent professors Able to speak their mind about increasing corporate involve ment in University said Robert Cher president of the Manitoba organization of faculty the idea is to turn the universities Over wholesale to the private a professor of was embroiled in controversy almost two years ago when he strongly opposed the anti homophobia education plans of Winnipeg school he has frequently written letters to the editor attack ing Ufa and accusing the faculty of arts of Low ering standards and accepting students with poor literacy and numeracy his report can be found at i Brief teen robbed a 17yearold female was robbed of her purse saturday at about 2 Winnipeg police said she was walking in the area of Inkster Boulevard and Mcgregor Street when a male suspect grabbed her purse and ran South on the victim was not however the suspect made off with her Backpack style purse containing Cash and personal the suspect is described As a White 20 years old with a heavy build and Long shoulder length Brown he was wearing a Black Winter jacket and Blue garage fire costly a fire caused damage to a garage and its contents at 975 Elizabeth saturday a resident was working on his snowmobile in his garage when the snowmobile Gas line caught police no one was family tapes stolen a Winnipeg family lost 10 treasured eight millimetre tapes during a breaking at their Home on someone broke into their residence in the 700 Block of Inkster 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