“effective Immediately”This sounds like there is an interesting back story to this. Should be interesting to see what comes out in the near future.
News Release
Carleton University Announces Change in Leadership
November 20, 2006
Ottawa ON, November 20, 2006 — Dr. David W. Atkinson, President and Vice-Chancellor of Carleton University, today announced that he has resigned as President of the University effective immediately.
“The Board of Governors has accepted Dr. Atkinson’s resignation in the best interests of the University,” says David Dunn, Chair of the Carleton University Board of Governors. “It is vitally important that the Board of Governors and the President be aligned on the issues and on the relationship necessary to move forward in a cohesive way
Hattip over to the CUSA Chair for posting this info in an MacLJ conversation.
Source:Carleton University
In early 2004 the same thing happened at Mount Allison university where, essentially, the president was fired for disagreeing with the Board over the future of the University. Due to non-disclosure agreements signed on all sides, though, the full story never came out. At a meeting of the Board about two years later, though, one of the Board members was heard to utter something along the lines of “Well if he wasn’t willing to toe our line then I guess we didn’t hire the right guy.”
That former president was invested into the Order of Canada a year later for his contributions to canadian education. He currently teaches human rights law at Dalhousie University.
Thanks W3!
Thanks for the nod.
Another reference on this is our campus paper, the Charlatan: http://www.charlatan.ca
Some theories, unsubstantiated in any way:
- He went outside the mandate he was given by the Board to solve the faculty strike before it happened. Of note: The Board of Governors has NOT ratified that contract yet.
- He got a better offer somewhere else, since he was making way down the list of Carleton Professors in terms of salary, nowhere near the top, unlike his predecessor, Rick Van Loon.