This study examines the academic senate within the context of university governance in Canada. Data were obtained from a survey of university senate secretaries on senate structure, composition, and operation, and from a survey of senate members on their perceptions of the senate, their role as senate members, and the nature of their work. The…

Ontario higher education system has moved far and fast in the past decade. The early 1990s saw "modest modifications and structural stability." Since 1995, under a neo-liberal government in Ontario, major policy initiatives, with objectives not unlike those already at large in western Europe and most of the United States, have quickly followed one…

A survey of 22 colleges of applied arts and technology in Ontario concerning faculty development programs obtained data on administrative structure, funding, mission statement or specific mandate, activities, publications, incentives for faculty participation, assessment of faculty needs, and program evaluation efforts. A self-evaluation checklist…

A survey of 394 Ontario (Canada) community college faculty found that 34% were involved in paid consulting arrangements in at least one project during a specified one-year period. Variation occurred by academic division and gender. Basic questions about this phenomenon are raised, and further research is recommended. (Author/MSE)

In current literature on Canadian higher education, the nature of the perceived crisis varies, but the conclusion remains that the system is close to disaster. Those who write about Canadian higher education should be required to justify their conclusions, and those who read them should not blindly accept them. (MSE)