Academic reform
Subtitle: policy options for improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of undergraduate education in Ontario
By: Ian D. Clark, David Trick, Richard Van Loon
Contributors: Van Loon, Richard J.; Trick, David; Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies
Series: Queen's policy studies series
Publisher: School of Policy Studies, Queen's University
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781553393108; 9781553393115
Subjects: Enseignement supérieur; Finance; Universités; Higher education and state; Enseignement; Réforme; Politique gouvernementale; Educational change; Finances; Universities and colleges
Description: Academic Reform provides realistic policy options for improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of undergraduate education in Ontario. The authors begin with the premise that the teacher-scholar ideal pursued by individual universities has led to a model for undergraduate education in Ontario that is financially unsustainable and does not provide the best possible education for undergraduate students. Drawing on literature and recent policy initiatives in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, United States, and Canada, the authors show how to provide high-quality education to an ever-expanding number of students at a cost that is affordable to both students and governments. Academic Reform explores ways to sharpen the universities' focus on undergraduate teaching and increase the number of students without diminishing Ontario's ability to attract and retain university researchers of the highest calibre.
Notes: Co-published by McGill-Queen's University Press.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.
Table of contents: title: The case for reform; title: Learning from others; title: Instruments for improvement; title: The need for a plan; title: The case for new undergraduate institutions; title: Funding Ontario's universities; title: Lessons from other higher education systems; title: Conclusions and summary of options.