Higher Education in Canada

Different Systems, Different Perspectives
Herausgeber: Jones, Glen A

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the most comprehensive analysis of higher education in Canada ever published. Since there is no national system, the contributors describe and analyze the development of higher education in Canada since 1945 using the provincial/territorial jurisdiction as the unit of analysis. Each of the core chapters discusses the evolution of postsecondary education within the context of the political, cultural, and social dimensions of a particular jurisdiction. Each chapter is written by a leading scholar in the field with particular expertise on a specific jurisdiction. The resultant portrait of Canadian higher education illustrates the unusual ways in which higher education has evolved in the Canadian federation, and the enormous differences between jurisdictions. For example, the challenges associated with the development of postsecondary education within the socio-political context of Quebec differ markedly from those of the huge, sparsely populated Northwest Territories. While there are many similarities between Canadian and American higher education, including similar rates of participation, Canada's geography, cultural diversity, and its highly decentralized approach to education policy have led to the development of a unique combination of different systems and different perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 142mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780815322993
• ISBN-10: 0815322992
• Artikelnr.: 21296805

Autorenporträt

Glen A. Jones (Ph.D. Toronto) is an Associate Professor in the Higher Education Group, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Before joining the Higher Education Group in 1995, he was a member of the Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Brock University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Federal Perspective
Higher Education in British Columbia
1945-1995: Opportunity and Diversity
Postsecondary Education in Alberta Since 1945
Higher Education in Saskatchewan
Higher Education in Manitoba
Higher Education in Ontario
Higher Education in Quebec: 1945-1995; New Brunswick Higher Education in Nova Scotia: Where Past Is More Than Prologue
Prince Edward Island Newfoundland: More Canadian Than British
But Longer Getting There
Postsecondary Education in the Yukon: The Last Thirty Years
Higher Education in the Northwest Territories
Putting It All Together: Viewing Canadian Higher Education from a Collection of Jurisdiction-Based Perspectives