Less State, More Market: University Reform in Canada and Abroad

Schuetze, Hans G.; Bruneau, William

doi:10.47678/cjhe.v34i3.183464

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“…Jones (2004) charted and assessed major changes in Ontario's policy environment in the 1990s, including privatization and marketization, noting that shifts in higher education finance policy led to a shift in the balance of public and private sources. Examining the case of British Columbia, Dennison and Schuetze (2004) reviewed key changes in public policy that opened higher education to market forces, noting that these were framed in terms of enhancing accessibility and choice; in a similar vein, Schuetze and Bruneau (2004) situated Canadian high-er education reform in an international context, including increased reliance on market mechanisms, private sources of funding, and new forms of university governance and management. Boggs (2009) summarized a 10-year policy history on tuition fees in Ontario and discussed active policy challenges and options, noting the ongoing tensions between the policy goals of financing higher education and ensuring student accessibility.…”

Section: S: New Focus On Policy Histories Contexts and Impactsmentioning

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Looking Back, Looking Forward: Canadian Higher Education Research on Tuition Fees

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Maltais²

2022

CJHE

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To contribute to the 50th Anniversary Issue, this scholarly article will review the literature on Canadian higher education tuition fees over the past 50 years, focusing on the major theme of higher education planning, and the role higher education research has played in the policy-making environment. Examining both the French and English language scholarship published by the CJHE, the researchers will describe the contributions, and provide commentary on opportunities for impactful research for the future. Presenting a case study in Québec, the article will identify emerging trends that are anticipated to shape this higher education policy area in the future.

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Section: S: New Focus On Policy Histories Contexts and Impactsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Canadian Higher Education Research on Tuition Fees

Rexe

Maltais²

2022

CJHE

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“…Research on continuing education acknowledges the preoccupation of UCE units with cost recovery programming that focuses on preparing people for production and their role in the market economy (Gouthro, 2002;Lauzon, 2000;Schuetze & Bruneau, 2004). However, there is also interest in realigning the work of UCE units by working with organizations involved in social justice (Cruikshank, 2001).…”

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Reframing University Continuing Education’s Role in Community Engagement

McRae

2012

CJUCE

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In Canada, a growing interest within higher education in community engagement practices is evidenced through the establishment of national networks, funding opportunities for community-university research partnerships, and the development of specially designated centres on university campuses. However, based on the literature in continuing education, the role of university continuing education (UCE) units in supporting community engagement is not clear. Many UCE units have been involved and continue to be involved in developing and implementing various types of community engagement activities, yet the work of these units is not widely recognized within the university and the community as contributing substantially to the social purpose mission of the institution. The pressures and tensions relating to balancing the social and economic goals of the UCE unit may be influencing the role of UCE in community engagement. Strategies identified in this article that could assist UCE in embedding community engagement within the practice and in reframing the focus of UCE include the development of a community engagement framework and measurement tools that assess outcomes leading to positive social change.

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Enhancing the quality of teaching in Canada

Donald

2006

New Drctns Hghr Edu

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Canada has a significant investment in postsecondary education: more than half the population of some thirty-two million people have a postsecondary certificate, degree, or degrees (Statistics Canada, 2004, cited in Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2005. The size of the country, extending over six time zones, sets the context for social development in the ten provinces and the territories. There is no federal ministry of education or formal accreditation system; the provinces have jurisdiction over their universities. The Canadian constitution, enacted in 1867 as the British North America Act and revised in 1982, awards authority to the federal government for defense and trade but authority to the provinces for health, education, and language. Although funding for postsecondary education is primarily in the form of transfer payments from the federal to the provincial governments, which have vested responsibility for all levels of education, the provincial governments allocate funds to the universities. The federal government reserves the right to fund research and support students. In response to the diversity of needs in the regions, responsibility and accountability are distributed among the provinces and individual institutions. Thus the pilot question in this volume of how trends of economic globalization and increased performance accountability in higher education have affected the enhancement of teaching and learning in Canada over the past thirty years must be read through the lens of decentralized authority and hence responsibility.

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Less State, More Market: University Reform in Canada and Abroad

Cited by 9 publications

References 4 publications

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Canadian Higher Education Research on Tuition Fees

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Canadian Higher Education Research on Tuition Fees

Reframing University Continuing Education’s Role in Community Engagement

Enhancing the quality of teaching in Canada

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