Though there's never been a definitive announcement of its demise, the fight to keep the Athabasca University's campus operating in the town for which it's named is expected to be heard at a new ...

The 411. As a student of an online university, your campus experience is a virtual one, and you get to enjoy all the benefits of living at home.

As an online university, AU’s home is Athabasca, where most managerial and administrative employees work. Ten years ago, 520 employees lived in the community. Today, fewer than 300 do.

The province has raised the stakes in its battle with Athabasca University over a strategy to move online by threatening to pull the institution's monthly operating grant of $3.4 million.

“It is the board that runs university strategies, not the government,” he also said. Soon after that, Nicolaides ordered AU’s board to come up with a plan by June 30 to expand in-person operations in ...

Dean of business Lisa Watson says the Athabasca University campus doesn’t have the space for 500 more workers. Photo supplied. Lisa Watson, the university’s dean of business, ...

The Athabasca University campus north of Edmonton in Athabasca, Alta. Supplied “Athabasca University had about 500 employees based in Athabasca until 2014, but now only half that number work in ...

The province hasn’t changed their minds about requiring Athabasca University’s nine top executives to move to the town of Athabasca by 2025. ... changed since he dropped his demand in mid-August that ...

Williamson, the school’s spokeswoman, said AU employees in the Athabasca region who work online were recently given the option to work remotely, with a hybrid opportunity on campus, or work in ...

Athabasca University moved from Edmonton to Athabasca in 1984 as part of the province's decentralization plan. The university's mandate is to provide distance university education to people who are ...

Choosing Athabasca University was an easy decision for me. AU is an online university, which means all your coursework can be done online, on your own schedule, at your own pace and from anywhere ...