An exploratory survey found that women faculty may use educational and information technologies for different purposes than their male colleagues, and that these differences may relate to three main factors: increased emphasis on a teaching role, their tendency to explore more relational approaches to teaching, and their experiences with…

Describes the methodology of an adaptation and validation of measurement instruments dealing with stress and problem-solving ability in student teachers, including the psychometric characteristics of the indicators. (EV)

Used strategic leadership theory to examine whether observable experiences of presidents affected adoption of retrenchment (early faculty retirement) plans among Ontario universities. Found that presidents play a major role in the adoptions; those who lack seats on corporate boards, have non-business or non-economics backgrounds, are male, and are…

Surveyed 146 community college students who had entered Canada after their twelfth birthday. For over half, college was the point of entry into the Canadian educational system. Analyzed degrees and types of needs, as well as degrees and sources of support. The most striking finding was students' perception of a low degree of support from the…

Examined the effect of cohort grouping as a form of delivering teacher education on student social adjustment and academic performance. Found that while there were no group differences on measures of social support, self-efficacy, and university adjustment, the non-cohort group made greater gains than the cohort group in academic performance over…

This multiple case study of seven colleges examined institutional life and organizational context. It determined that community colleges in both Canada and the United States exhibited educational and work behaviors in the 1990s consistent with the globalization process; education was oriented to the marketplace, and the needs of business and…

Asserting that state control over Ontario's higher education has been strengthened with the use of market mechanisms, outlines seven major higher education policy changes that make use of market mechanisms while enhancing state control. Suggests that marketization is a compromise between privatization, academic autonomy, and blatant state control…

Combines two studies, from institutional and student perspectives, to determine the role played by special interest group membership in college admissions. Findings indicate how and why special interest group selection works, and show that it is widely used. Findings also indicate that although applicants are aware of the process, their perception…

Focus groups with First Nations students and faculty revealed five themes that help identify strategies for creating a more positive learning environment for First Nations students: enhancing the professor-student relationship, including relevant First Nations content in curriculum, using flexible teaching methods, adopting a more…

Offers a theoretical analysis of ignorance in a knowledge society, asserting that the intense specialization demanded by a knowledge economy militates against a broader information society and gives rise to "reading reluctance." Presents results from a small-scale study, which found that students could identify only about 30 percent of common…

Examined the socio-professional integration of professional high school, technical college, and university graduates during their first three years post-graduation. Derived types and paths of socio-professional integration, including influences of gender and level of education. (EV)

Examined the effects of the trend toward tuition increases on access to universities for students of lower socioeconomic status, identifying a series of cross-cutting pressures. Surveys from the University of Guelph indicated that the representation of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds fell substantially during a decade of rising tuition…

Critiques the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation's claim that recent research indicates that "Canada must move beyond its focus on student financial assistance" as a means of ensuring access to postsecondary education since "three out of four Canadian youth cite non-financial reasons to explain why those chose not to pursue postsecondary…

In this paper we make the case that online learning continues to grow at a rapid rate and that understanding this innovative mode of education requires analysis that is both conceptually and empirically driven. This study inquires into the concept of "cognitive presence" a multivariate measure of significant learning derived from the Community of…

The purpose of this study was to examine student awareness of the pedagogical benefits of Web 2.0 to supplement in-class learning and to better understand factors that influence student decisions to adopt these tools, using the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB). Findings indicated that while many students feel that some Web 2.0…