The Commission will have to look at a range of issues - some structural, some political, some personnel, some attitudinal and some cultural. It will be tough enough to thread a way through that'. In January 1998, Maurice Hayes was elected the 69th President-Elect of the Queen's University Association, a position he sees as allowing him to give something back to his Alma Mater. Universities must earn their corn 'As President of the Queen's University Association I would like to make it a more vibrant organisation and attract many more younger members into it. This is the great era of networking and the Association can play a major role in that regard while also offering an enormous source of strength to Queen's itself'.
Universities nowadays have to earn their corn.
The great challenge for him, however, is to keep the actual essence of the University the best of the traditional university - while tracking out into new things as well.