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Press Release - September 17, 2010

Efficiency and excellence should be ultimate goal of province in university overhaul

For immediate release

September 17, 2010 - Halifax, NS  - Tim O’Neil’s Report on The University System in Nova Scotia clearly defines the problems facing Nova Scotia’s university system, but does not go far enough to provide direction for action. Nova Scotia needs changes to its university system to make it better in challenging times and this requires leadership and collaboration from the province, university community and the private sector.

“The O’Neil Report sheds a bright light on the demographic and financial challenges that lie ahead for Nova Scotia universities,” says Chamber president Valerie Payn. “And while recognizing these challenges is critical, given the tight timelines that the demographic crisis presents, what we really need to see is a plan of action.”

The O’Neil report is one of a series of reports requested by the Premier to address the significant challenges that are facing all areas of Nova Scotia’s economy. The government has recognized the substantial challenges that lie ahead of Nova Scotia and is driven by the immediacy of those problems.

“While we appreciate Dr. O’Neil’s thoughtful consideration of this massive problem, we feel the government needs to take more immediate steps to ensure the outcomes anticipated in the Report come to fruition in a timely fashion. This problem needs help now.”

The Chamber has long encouraged the provincial government to rein in spending in all areas under their control as a function of debt management and we are encouraged to see that the Report outlines recommendations of fiscal management as a way to maintain stability.

“The first line of defense for any organization facing financial trouble should be cost containment,” says Payn. “However we need a line of offense if we are going to grow and improve our university system in the province.”

The measurement tools recommended in the report are not only essential in measuring the efficiency of the university system, but also essential in recognizing successes beyond cost controls. Payn refers to the old axiom “what gets measured gets done.”

The Chamber would like to see the university system, research and development and educated students grow in our province. “We’re afraid that this plan will merely maintain the status quo, or a controlled contraction and that is just not good enough for a province that looks to prosper in the future,” adds Payn.

“Let’s make our post secondary education system a model of efficiency and excellence, not the just lowest cost provider,” says Payn. “Achieving excellence will mean making hard decisions by the province, university system and the private sector. It won’t be easy, but nobody said excellence would be easy.”

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For more information contact:
Janet Creamer
Communications Manager
Halifax Chamber of Commerce
(902) 481-1240
cell: 499-6494
janet@halifaxchamber.com