The Concordia Student Union wants to prevent vice-rector (research) and provost Dr. Jack Lightstone from being appointed rector. However, the term of the current rector, Dr. Frederick Lowy, will not end until 2003.
Lowy wrote to CSU president Rob Green to express his “disappointment and strong opposition to the CSU referendum question” about Lightstone. He pointed out that no one should hold Lightstone personally responsible for the decisions he makes as chief Academic Officer of Concordia.
“Changes in academic programs are discussed and approved by [many university boards]. Literally dozens of people are involved in planning, modifying and approving changes in programs, including students who sit on these bodies,” Lowy wrote.
Green said Lightstone should be held accountable for “not acting in the public interest of students, staff and faculty.”
He said Lightstone has caused harm to students by supporting the lifting of Quebec’s tuition freeze and switching the priority research from public interests to private ones.
Lowy wrote to CSU president Rob Green to express his “disappointment and strong opposition to the CSU referendum question” about Lightstone. He pointed out that no one should hold Lightstone personally responsible for the decisions he makes as chief Academic Officer of Concordia.
“Changes in academic programs are discussed and approved by [many university boards]. Literally dozens of people are involved in planning, modifying and approving changes in programs, including students who sit on these bodies,” Lowy wrote.
Green said Lightstone should be held accountable for “not acting in the public interest of students, staff and faculty.”
He said Lightstone has caused harm to students by supporting the lifting of Quebec’s tuition freeze and switching the priority research from public interests to private ones.
