Glen A. Jones
PhD (University of Toronto)
Professor
Ontario Research Chair on Postsecondary Education Policy and Measurement
Email: glen.jones@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-8292
My research focuses on policy and politics of higher education in Canada. I am interested in the relationships between institutions of higher education and government, the relationships between institutions, and the decision making processes within these institutions. Aside from the formal structures, I am curious about the role played by pressure groups and individuals both inside and outside the higher education community in influencing policy. My newest projects focus on university governance, including a SSHRC-funded national study of university governance and institutional autonomy (with Julia Eastman from the University of Victoria and Claude Trottier from Laval), and a national survey of university senates and senate members (with Lea Pennock from the University of Saskatchewan and Jeff Leclerc from the University of Manitoba). I am also a member of the Canadian research team for the “Changing Academic Professions” international project that is studying faculty work. My publications include: Canada’s Universities Go Global (with Roopa Desai Trilokekar and Adrian Shubert, 2009, Lorimer Publishing), Higher Education in Canada: Different Systems, Different Perspectives (Garland, New York, 1997, an updated Chinese translation by Professor Rongri Lin was published in 2008); The University and the State: Reflections on the Canadian Experience (Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, 1998); Governing Higher Education: National Perspectives on Institutional Governance (with Alberto Amaral and Beret Karseth, Kluwer, 2002) and Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations (with Patricia McCarney and Michael Skolnik, University of Toronto Press, 2005). I am currently co-editing a book on universities and regional development that is scheduled for publication by Routledge in 2012. Other projects have been sponsored by UNESCO, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Bertelsmann Foundation, the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, Human Resources and Development Canada, and the Law Society of Upper Canada. In 2007 I was a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research in Higher Education at Fudan University, and in 2008 I was an Erasmus Mundi Visiting Scholar at the University of Oslo.
Recent Publications
Jones, Glen A., and Oleksiyenko, Anatoly (2011). The Internationalization of Canadian University Research: A Global Higher Education Matrix Analysis of Multi-level Governance. Higher Education, 61(1), 41-57.
Metcalfe, Amy S. , Fisher, Donald, Rubenson, Kjell, Snee, Iain, Gingras, Yves, and Jones, Glen A. (2011). Canada: Perspectives on Governance and Management. In William Locke, William K. Cummings, and Donald Fisher (Eds.), Governance and Management of Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives of the Academy (pp. 151-174). Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer.
Boyko, Lydia, and Jones, Glen A. (2010). The Roles and Responsibilities of Middle Management (Chairs and Deans) in Canadian Universities. In Meek, V. L., Goedegebuure, L., Santiago, R., and Carvalho, T. (Eds). The Changing Dynamics of Higher Education Middle Management (pp. 83-102). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
Jones, Glen A. (2009). Sectors, Institutional Types, and the Challenges of Shifting Categories: A Canadian Commentary. Higher Education Quarterly 63(4), 371-383.
Fisher, Don, Rubenson, Kjell, Jones, Glen, and Shanahan, Theresa. (2009). The Political Economy of Post-Secondary Education: A Comparison of British Columbia, Ontario, and Québec. Higher Education, 57, 549-566.
Shanahan, Theresa and Jones, Glen A. (2009). Shifting Roles and Approaches: Government Coordination of Post-Secondary Education in Canada, 1995-2006. In M. Tight, K. H. Mok, J. Huisman, and C C. Morphew (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education (pp. 315-325). New York: Routledge.
Padure, Lucia, and Jones, Glen A. (2009). Policy Networks and Research on Higher Education Governance and Policy. In J. Huisman (ed.), International Perspectives on Governance of Higher Education Systems: Alternative Frameworks for Coordination (pp. 107-125). New York and London: Routledge.
For more information please visit Professor Jones' website and his current curriculum vitae