Research Catalog
Higher education in Canada
- Title
- Higher education in Canada / edited by Charles M. Beach, Robin W. Boadway, R. Marvin McInnis.
- Publication
- Kingston, ON : John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | LA417.5 .H53 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 594 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Alarms have been raised for some while about the declining quality of Canadian universities and the education product they deliver amid years of underfunding and overcrowding and dramatic increases in student tuition fees and debt levels. This volume offers a timely examination of these issues and forwards a number of proposals for reform in the Canadian postsecondary education sector."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Essays
- Essays.
- Note
- "Published in cooperation with McGill-Queen's University Press".
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Key issues currently facing American higher education -- Incentives facing Canadian universities : some possible consequences -- The case for giving greater attention to structure in higher education policy-making -- Total and private returns to university education in Canada : 1960 to 2000 and in comparison to other postsecondary training -- Universities as drivers of regional and national innovation : an assessment of the linkages from universities to innovation and economic growth -- "Muddy" data : university financing in Canada -- Financing higher education : commentary on the 2004 UK Higher Education Act -- Collaborative federalism and postsecondary education : be careful what you wish for -- Demystifying quality assurance -- Thoughts on financing postsecondary education -- Family income and participation in postsecondary education -- Who goes? : the direct and indirect effects of family background on access to postsecondary education -- Do the Maclean's rankings affect university choice? : evidence for Ontario -- Rising tuition and supply constraints : explaining Canada-US differences in university enrolment rates -- Recent changes in effective tax rates on PSE level human capital in Canada -- Who uses RESPs and why -- Meeting the need : a new architecture for Canada's student financial aid system -- How best to fund postsecondary education : a graduate tax? -- Financing quality in Ontario universities -- The challenge, the issues? -- Higher education in Canada : perspectives and directions for the future -- Report on learn$ave and the millennium pilot project -- University accountability.
- ISBN
- 1553390695
- 9781553390695
- 1553390709
- 9781553390701
- LCCN
- 2005391931
- OCLC
- ocm57208298
- 57208298
- SCSB-8892443
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library