A computer-based model of the Ontario university system is presented that focuses on funding, faculty staffing, and faculty salaries from 1955 to 1995. Events in these areas are analyzed as consequences of interaction between a strongly self-equilibrating social system, the universities, and a massively disequilibrating external force, the…

Alberta's 1996 introduction of performance-based funding for colleges, universities, and technical institutes is a substantial departure from previous Canadian practice. Origins and implementation of the two-year pilot project are described and several conceptual deficiencies are examined. Further research on the impact on educational quality and…

More than one billion people do not have access to an adequate water supply. In Gambia and Haiti, people live on less than 4 liters of water per day. By contrast, most toilets in the West use several times that amount of water for a single flush. The global distribution of water is making it increasingly difficult for poor people to access it, and…

This paper introduces and explores new counterpressures in educational governance, the central theme of this symposium. Drawing on research in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, but giving particular attention to Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Canada, and the United States, this paper provides an…

Zero-base budgeting (ZBB), a systematically structured approach to budgeting, has the potential to improve policy attainment, resource reallocation, program review, and information systems. Some 300 businesses, a dozen states, one municipality, and one school district in the United States have operationalized the concept. Many private and public…

THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT EDUCATION PRESENTS ITS VIEWS ON EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOR ADULTS IN CANADA. IT ARGUES FOR AN IMMEDIATE PLAN OF CHANNEL RESERVATIONS ENTIRELY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT CANADA IN BOTH VHF AND UHF. IT CALLS FOR AN ALL-CHANNEL BILL REQUIRING THAT ALL SETS SOLD IN CANADA BE CAPABLE OF…

This report contains detailed financial information that provides financial accountability to the Province of Ontario, Canada, for funds received by the 42 provincially assisted universities and colleges during the 2001-2002 fiscal year. It is the latest in an annual series that dates back more than 25 years. This volume contains information on…

Universities in Ontario, Canada, and the United States were compared using data from the U.S. 1995 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System and a database based on Statistics Canada information. On average, universities in Ontario would have to hire 35.9% more full-time faculty in order to achieve the student-faculty ratio of U.S. peers.…

A study of decentralization in Canadian school districts, particularly Edmonton (Alberta) and Langley (British Columbia), found organizational (not political) decentralization, and focused on the location of (1) authority and responsibility and (2) scope of school-based decision making. School-based management was characterized by two key…

Data on the total revenue and expenses and changes in fund balances of 21 universities and colleges of Ontario are provided for the fiscal year ending in 1986. Volume I reports on the universities and related institutions that receive grants directly from the Ontario government. The categories and definitions that are used to present financial…

Fiscal year 1982 data on the total revenue and expenses and changes in fund balances of the 21 provincially-assisted universities of Ontario are presented. The presentation of information using consistent categories and definitions for all universities and colleges in Ontario is explained. In addition to financial data for each institution,…

Data on the total revenue and expenses and changes in fund balances of the 21 provincially-assisted universities of Ontario are provided for the fiscal year ending in 1987. The categories and definitions used to present financial data are explained. In addition to financial data for each institution, summary information for all schools on a…

Fiscal year 1984 data on the total revenue and expenses and changes in fund balances of the 21 provincially-assisted universities of Ontario are presented. The categories and definitions that are used to present financial data are explained. In addition to financial data for each institution, summary information for all schools on a consolidated…

Data on the total 1980-81 revenue and expenses of 22 Canadian colleges and universities affiliated or federated with the provincially assisted universities of Ontario are presented. Information is provided on: total actual revenue and expenses by type of general fund and excess of revenue over expenses before and after appropriations, actual…

Fiscal year 1981-1982 data on revenues and expenses for the 21 Ontario, Canada, provincially assisted universities and related institutions are presented for each institution and on a consolidated basis. Statistical tables cover the following: total actual revenue and expense by type of general fund and excess of revenue over expense before and…