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POLICY
Dickson, B. A., Kotsopoulos, D., Groen, J., (2026). The connections between financial viability and quality assurance at Canadian universities. Paper presented at The Canadian Postsecondary Quality Assurance Network conference, McMaster University (June 16, 2026).
Dickson, B. A., Kotsopoulos, D., & Lyle, E. (2026). Should I stay or should I go? Rural international students face housing, job crunch. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.xs6xnhjhuEckel, P., Groen, J., Kotsopoulos, D., Lenton, R., Vainio-Mattila, A. (2026). How do we decide when to let a program go? Invited expert panel at the Re: University Higher Education Strategy Associates (January 29, 2026 - January 30, 2026) Ottawa, Canada Kotsopoulos, D., McKee, J., Goebel, T., Dickson, B. A., Groen, J., Savas, R. & Nitsotolis, J. (2025). A review of the external processes related to assessing quality of new undergraduate academic programming in Canadian universities. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy 207, 82-100.
Kotsopoulos, D., Lyle, E., Bezo, L., Dickson, B. A., Belair, J., Toupin-Laforge, M., Champagne, A., Lacassagne, A., & Wark, M. (2025). Should I stay or should I go? The challenges and best practices for retaining international students in rural communities(webinar).
Groen, J. F., Kotsopoulos, D., McKee, J., Goebel, T., & Dickson, B. (2025, October 27-28). Ensuring the Financial Viability and Sustainability of Academic Programs: An Approach Tied into Institutional Assessment Processes [Poster Presentation]. The Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Dickson, B. A. (2025). Direction, drivers and design: The driving forces of sustainability policy creation at Canadian universities. Cleaner Production Letters 8(1).https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clpl.2025.100096
Ramani, S., Henne, D., Kotsopoulos, D., Dickson, B. A., & Dickson, C. (2023). A comparative analysis of university investment policies and procedures related to responsible investing. Higher Education Policy https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-023-00306-3
Dickson, B. A. (2023). Global governance implications for responsible investing in Canada: An analysis of public service pension plans investment policies. The Balsillie Papers 5(5) 1-16.https://balsilliepapers.ca/bsia-paper/global-governance-implications-for-responsible-investing-in-canada-an-analysis-of-public-service-pension-plans-investment-policies/
Ramani, S., Henne, D., Kotsopoulos, D., Dickson, B. A., Boyd, C., DeDecker, B., & Hill, R. (2021). Responsible investing in Canadian universities. Policy Reviews in Higher Education 6(1), 68-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322969.2021.1996266.
Kotsopoulos, D., McKee, J., Timmons, V., Gisondi, V., Goebel, T., Verkerk, B., King, S. Keeping, L., Kelly, M., & Cruickshank, R. (2019). Much ado about nothing: An analysis of prioritization at six Canadian universities. Higher Education Policy. DOI: 10.1057/s41307-018-00132-y.