ERIC Number: EJ806980
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Nov-3
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-1207-7798
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Reviewing Canadian Post-Secondary Education: Post-Secondary Education Policy in Post-Industrial Canada
Kirby, Dale
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, n65 p1-24 Nov 2007
Since 2004, a number of Canadian provinces have initiated comprehensive reviews of their respective public post-secondary education systems. This paper examines the ways in which these provincial post-secondary education reviews are consistent with the pervasive influence of economic globalization on higher education and a more market-driven and commercially-oriented ideological outlook on post-secondary education's raison d'etre. Taken together, these provincial reviews provide an informative and interesting repository of the current tendencies in Canadian post-secondary education policy. (Contains 1 table and 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Public Education, Evaluation, Global Approach, Educational Policy, Educational Objectives, Privatization, Competition, Business, Accountability, Educational Quality
Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2. Tel: 204-474-9004; Fax: 204-474-7564; e-mail: cjeapadm@cc.umanitoba.ca; Web site: http://www.umanitoba.ca/publications/cjeap
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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