2 reports on Canadian Higher/Graduate Education (fwd)

[Kathy Chung]

Hello all,
 
Thought some of you might be interested in the following.
 
Cheers, Kathy.
 
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Kathy Chung     kchung at epas.utoronto.ca     Drama Centre     Univ of Toronto
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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:11:31 -0500
From: Sue Easun <EASUN at fis.utoronto.ca>
To: teachcom at vax.library.utoronto.ca
Subject: 2 reports on Canadian Higher/Graduate Education
 
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Date:         Wed, 22 Nov 1995 21:11:58 -0500
From:         "Scott P. Kerlin" <spkerlin at FLASH.LAKEHEADU.CA>
Subject:      RESOURCES: 2 reports on Canadian Higher/Graduate Education
To:           Multiple recipients of list AERA-GSL <AERA-GSL at ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU>
 
1. "Shaping Our Future: A National Conference on Graduate Research and
Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities."
 
Conference proceedings from the November 1994 conference sponsored by the
Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Conference
sessions focused on three areas: Graduate research experience and
supervisory practices; graduate programs, today and tomorrow; and graduate
education in the social sciences and humanities: for what purposes and for
whom?
 
This report is available free from:
 
Communications Division
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
350 Albert Street
P.O. Box 1610
Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA K1P 6G4
fax: (613) 992-1787
e-mail: gdi at cs.sshrc.ca
 
(Details from an article published in the November 1995 issue of University
Affairs)
 
 
2. "The Financial Position of Universities in Ontario: 1995."
 
This report provides information on the status of universities in Ontario,
Canada, in terms of budgetary and financial circumstances, economic impact
on the region, and enrollment trends between 1977 and 1995. It includes
comparative data contrasting funding for Ontario's universities with those
of other Canadian provinces as well as those in the United States.
Implications of current levels of funding for the future needs of the
province are discussed, and highlighted sections discuss the current levels
of tuition fees and expenditures on research among Ontario's universities.
 
This report is available from:
 
External Relations Division
Council of Ontario Universities
444 Yonge Street
Suite 203
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M5B 2H4
(416) 979-2165
 
 
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Sue Easun
Assistant Professor and Child Emerita
 
Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto
140 St George St
TORONTO, Ont  CANADA  M5S 1A1
phone:  (416) 978-7802
fax:    (416) 971-1399
e-mail:  easun at fis.utoronto.ca