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Algoma University plans to hire more staff, bump up student supports and start updating its information technology and classroom spaces in the next year.
The post-secondary institution’s balanced $58.7-million 2021-2022 budget, passed by the board of governors last Thursday, covers the hiring of up to five new full-time faculty members in the coming year and five administrative staff. The university employed slightly more than 60 full-time academics as of late April.
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Up to 10 full-time faculty could be hired over the next three years.
Algoma is developing a five-year information technology strategy. The university is budgeting about $1.2 million in the coming year to improve its student information and scheduling systems and communications hardware. Classrooms will also be modernized over a five-year span.
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