There is a strong movement toward legal abolition of fixed-age retirement in Canada. Several factors justify the existing practice, but these arguments are unlikely to prevail, and institutions should consider administrative measures such as facilitation of early retirement, modified benefit plans, and more systematic faculty assessment throughout…

A synthetical and operational definition integrating both political and technical aspects of academic program evaluation is given, and a model is presented for performing such an evaluation, made more efficient and more dynamic by computer application. (MSE)

The role of labor planning in Canadian universities is examined with regard to new economic imperatives and data production initiatives by the federal employment and immigration agency. Conventional labor planning is rejected and guidelines for improving university-labor market linkage within existing policy and institutional frameworks are…

A budget reduction formula is proposed that relates financial planning to program evaluation, faculty resources, and departmental activity levels. The formula is flexible, can be manipulated to describe each academic unit's intrinsic characteristics, and can redistribute to reflect changing institutional priorities. (Author/MSE)