Higher Education in Canada

What's New

University Governance in Canada

Julia Eastman, Glen Jones, Claude Trottier and Olivier Begin-Caouette have just published a new book on university governance in Canada. The book provides a historical overview of universities and governance practices, provides case studies of six universities in five provinces, and locates Canadian university governance within an international context. The book was releasted by McGill-Queen's University Press in August 2022. More information can be found here.

SURVEY FINDINGS
from the 2018 Academic Profession in the Knowledge Society 

International Education Policy in Canada

Merli Tamtik, Roopa Desai Trilokekar and Glen Jones edited a book on international education policy in Canada that was released by McGill-Queen's University Press in October, 2020. Additional information can be found here.

Professorial Pathways

Glen Jones and Martin Finkelstein published an edited volume  focusing on the structure of academic careers in ten countries (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019). The book received the 2019 award for significant contribution to international higher education by the Council of International Higher Education (Association for the Study of Higher Education). Additional information can be found here.

Honorary Degree

Glen Jones was awarded a Doctor of Letters from the University of Manitoba at their June, 2018 convocation.

Recent Publications:

• Jones, Glen A. & Jefferson, Alison Elizabeth (2021). Reconceptualizing the Phenomenon of Inbreeding: Labour Markets, Stratification and Capital. Higher Education Quarterly, 76(1), 8-19.

• Schneijderberg, C., Götze, N. Jones, G. A., Bilyalov, D., Panova, A., Karram Stephenson, G.  & Yudkevich, M. (2021). Does Vertical University Stratification Foster or Hinder Academics’ Societal Engagement? Findings from Canada, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Higher Education Policy, 34(1), 66-87.

• Wang, Siyi, & Jones, Glen A. (2021). Competing Institutional Logics of Academic Personnel System Reforms in Leading Chinese Universities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 43(1), 49-66.  

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