Academic transformation : the forces reshaping higher education in Ontario /
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| Imprint: | Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009. |
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| Description: | 244 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Queen's policy studies series Queen's policy studies. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7929979 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Transformationà and the Need for Further Transformation
- Some Factors that have Shaped the System
- Increasing Emphasis on Research
- Consequences
- The Broader Context for Rethinking Ontario's Approach to the Provision of Baccalaureate-Level Education
- Democratization
- Globalization
- Serving Society
- 2. The Challenge of Access
- Moving from an Elite System to a Near-universal System
- The Coming Boom in Enrolments
- Supply or Over-supply?
- The New Students
- Family income and parental education
- Students from immigrant families
- Aboriginal students
- Gender issues
- Historical Responses to Demands for Greater Access
- The early baby boom expansion, mid-1950s to early 1970s
- The growth in university enrolments from 1986 to 1992
- Growth in college enrolments from 1980 to 1984 and from 1989 to 1993
- The double cohort, 2002 to 2007
- Responding to demands from employers
- What Patterns Can We Observe?
- Government commitment to access and equality
- Aversion to system planning
- Institutional behaviour
- What is Different this Time?
- 3. Knowledge Production: The Challenge of Contributing to Productivity, Competitiveness, and Sustainability
- Higher Education and Increased Productivity and Competitiveness
- Responding to Demands for Knowledge Creation: The Emergence of a New Paradigm for University Research
- Universities and knowledge creation
- The conceptual rationale of the new strategy
- Expanding graduate programs
- Colleges and applied research
- Challenges Emerging from the New Knowledge Production Model
- The threat of institutional and individual overcommitment
- The consequences of the new research paradigm for disciplines outside of its focus
- With application comes commercialization
- Change is hard-the academy adjusts to the evolution of universities and colleges
- Some cautions regarding an uncritical advocacy of service to the knowledge economy and wealth-generation
- Concluding Thoughts on Knowledge Production
- 4. Financial Pressures and the Transformation of the Professoriate
- How has Post-secondary Funding Changed over Time?
- The Federal Government's Role
- Government Purposes and Funding Formulas
- Universities
- Colleges
- The Relationship of Funding to Costs
- Inflation and compensation costs
- Other cost drivers
- The costs of complexity and competition
- Consequence: No choice but to grow
- The Professoriate Transformed
- Full-time faculty, teaching, and research
- Temporary and part-time faculty: From the margins to the centre
- Costs of full-time vs. part-time faculty: A hypothetical model
- The impact of teaching loads on class size
- The retreat of the teacher-researcher model
- Colleges: The sustainability challenge
- The Impact of the Global Economic Recession
- Decreasing institutional revenues
- Increasing institutional costs
- Shifting enrolment pressures
- Student aid
- Implications for government
- 5. The Impact of Quality and Accountability Measures on System Responsiveness
- The Emergence of Quality and Accountability Discourses and Practices
- The Concept of Quality in Higher Education and the Practice of Quality Assessment
- Accountability, Quality Assurance, and Accreditation Practices in Ontario
- NSSE Results for Ontario Universities
- The Use of Performance Indicators
- The Influence of Performance Assessment on the Behaviour of Post-secondary Institutions
- Values emphasized in quality assurance processes
- Values reflected in performance indicators
- Summary
- The Design of Ontario's System of Post-secondary Education
- The Design of Post-secondary Education Systems
- Examples of Modifications in System Design in Other Jurisdictions
- The National Context of Ontario Post-secondary Education
- The Design of Ontario's Post-secondary Education System
- Institutions other than Ontario publicly assisted universities and colleges providing post-secondary education in the province
- Ontario's binary structure of publicly assisted post-secondary education institutions
- The University Sector
- The College Sector
- The Relationship between Post-secondary Sectors
- The revolution in the organization of nursing education: An example of college/university cooperation
- Provincial Planning and Coordination of Post-secondary Education
- Issues in the Present Design that Warrant Consideration
- An expensive model for undergraduate education
- Quality may depend upon diversity in the provision of undergraduate education
- Increasing accessibility may depend upon diversity in the provision of undergraduate education
- Absence of pathways for human resource development
- Dispersal of resources for advanced study and research
- Institutional differentiation in the college sector
- Summary
- 7. Conclusions and Implications for the Future
- Autonomy and Efficiency Considerations in System Reform
- Individual freedom and institutional autonomy
- Efficiency and innovation
- Financial incentives and system reform
- Characteristics of an Ideal Post-secondary System for Ontario
- A New Teaching-focused University Sector
- A Three-year Undergraduate Degree
- A Comprehensive Approach to Funding
- Fostering Increased Efficiency and Effectiveness in the University Sector
- Balance and Differentiation in the College Sector
- Improving Opportunities for College to University Transfer
- An Open University for Ontario
- Rethinking the Idea of Quality in Higher Education
- Responsibility for Leadership and Direction of the Higher Education System
- Glossary of Acronyms and Terms
- Chronology of Key Events in Ontario Higher Education, 1950-2009
- Universities and Colleges in Ontario, 2009
- References
- About the Authors
- Index
