This 236-item bibliography, mostly Canadian journal articles, has headings (with subheadings) on history and organization, current trends and problems, curriculum and teaching, research and scholarship, students and student services, professors and conditions of work, non-degree granting institutions, and agencies and governmental departments. (JT)

Suggesting the need to base education programs for social service personnel on functions they perform, the author discusses implications for curriculum, articulation, accreditation and certification, access, staffing and finance. Separation of professional education for social work and general education in the field of social welfare is…

The social class, ethnicity, and sex of graduates in Quebec's Colleges of General and Professional Education (CEGEPs) were studied in relationship to course of study and subsequent work or educational activities. Findings showed no clearcut patterns of ethnic or social class differences in choice of specialization. Disparities in social class…

Answers are provided to eleven questions regarding legal aspects of collective bargaining in higher education in Canada. Issues discussed include certification of faculty associations as bargaining agents, coverage of bargaining agreements, preserving of salary differentials based on marketable skills, and effects on merit pay, job security, and…

Data for administrative and financial control are being confused with data needed for policy and planning purposes. Implications for information systems and data collection in Canadian higher education are discussed. (Author/LBH)

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…

The relationships between government and the universities are explored with examples given of government infringement upon university autonomy and abridgement of commitments. The reasons for the absence of public protest are analyzed. A conclusion is that a university's relations with government reflect the current realities of power and…

A university's Teaching Methods Unit collected information from course participants at the end of the course and again four months later. Tabulation of questionnaire results indicated the extent to which and in what areas participants felt the course did have significant impact on their teaching behaviors. (Editor/LBH)

The diversity of grading systems used in 23 of Canada's largest universities is examined. Various suggestions are offered that, if adopted, should improve the communication value of grades and increase their effectiveness in decision-making. (Editor/LBH)

It is important for universities to examine the role they have played and are playing in national life. The author suggests the establishment of a group of interdisciplinary seminars at various universities across the country, staffed by existing faculty and postdoctoral students, and concerned with examining crucial Canadian problems. (Editor/LBH)

The patterns of decision-making regarding student petitions are analyzed within a theoretical framework. The greatest difficulties in making decisions occur when compromise must be achieved between conflicting values about education. This study suggests that different notions of equity are involved. (Editor/LBH)

The effectiveness and ultimate value of the growing number of research institutes in the humanities and social sciences are discussed. Motivations for the establishment, funding and operation problems, and geographic locations are reviewed. Examples are given of different objectives and functions of various kinds of institutes, their…

Considerations for establishing purposes of evaluation are described in view of controversies that focus on justification and use of ratings of instructors as well as attempts to meet demands and ward off pressures for accountability. General models are proposed to serve as guidelines for further development and specification of purposes.…