A report recommending significant changes at the DeGroote School of Business has
been received by Patrick Deane, President and Vice-chancellor of McMaster University.

The President's Advisory Committee on the DeGroote School of Business was
established last spring to determine the sources of the dysfunction in the school, to
advise on the school's management and to recommend actions to establish a
productive and collegial work environment at the business school.

Out of his desire to facilitate a resolution of difficulties within the school, Dean
Paul Bates intends to move from his present position as soon as an interim dean can be
named. Mr. Bates will then assume a role focused on strategy and development at the
Ron Joyce Centre in Burlington.

“I have indicated my support of the report's direction and the nature of the specific
proposals,” said Deane. “We have distributed the report widely today, and I look
forward to the opportunity for open discussion of the report and its recommendations
in the new year. I encourage all members of the business school and our University
community to be actively engaged in this conversation.”

He added that written comment on the report is invited and should be directed to
the Office of the President, Gilmour Hall, or to presdnt@mcmaster.ca.