Athabasca University- Prov gov trying to kill

[bjcheung77]

https://globalnews.ca/news/9040246/athab...alEdmonton

They are an online university in Canada, one of the very few. This is nuts by the government of Alberta

From reading the two articles I've gathered that the issue is that, historically, Athabasca employees have been allowed to live at a distance and work from home.  This was never much of a problem until everyone else in the world developed the capacity to do the same, thanks to the pandemic, etc.  But the government doesn't want everyone working from home and have been calling people back into the office.  Reluctant state employees are saying "Why do I have to go to the office if those Athabasca people don't have to go to the office?"  Complaints abound.  Politicians make silly decisions without talking to the school.  Get the popcorn ready.

<getting chips instead of popcorn> LOL, yeah, that sounds about right... That person from the province of Alberta is probably on a power trip of some sort. If something isn't broken, don't try to fix it... I would think they can try something else to have Athabasca take in more local employees in all sectors, not just education.