 Higher Education in Canada
Welcome!
This website is designed to share information on the activites and publications associated with Professor Glen Jones and his research teams. On this site you will find information on current research projects, publications on higher education policy, governance and other topics, as well as upcoming events and presentations.
Glen A. Jones is Professor of Higher Education and Dean at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Read more...
What's New
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New book on doctoral education
 "Doctoral Education for the Knowledge Society: Convergence or Divergence in National Approaches" is edited by J.C. Shin, Barbara Kehm and Glen A. Jones. The book will be released by Springer in August, 2018. It can be preordered here.
2018 Worldviews Lecture with Dr. Sigal Ben-Porath (University of Pennsylvania) took place on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at OISE.
Recent Publications:
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Barbaric, D. & Jones, G. A. (2016). International Faculty in Canada: Recruitment and Transition Processes. In M. Yudkevich, P. Altbach and L. Rumbley (Eds.), International Faculty in Higher Education: Comparative Perspectives on Recruitment, Integration, and Impact (pp. 51-75). New York: Routledge.
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Pennock, L., Jones, G. A., Leclerc, J., and Li, S. (2016). Challenges and Opportunities for Collegial Governance at Canadian Universities: Reflections on a Survey of Academic Senates. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 46 (3), 73-89.
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Piché, P. & Jones, G. A. (2016). Institutional Diversity in Ontario’s University Sector: A Policy Debate Analysis. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 46 (3), 1-17.
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Pinheiro, R., Charles, D. & Jones, G. A. (2017).Translating strategy, values and identities in higher education: the case of multi-campus systems. Tertiary Education and Management, 23 (1) 1-4.
Higher Education Leadership Forum
Glen's keynote presentation at the April 7th, 2017 Higher Education Leadership Forum can now be downloaded from here.
Governance of Higher Education: Global Perspectives, Theories and Practices by Ian Austin and Glen A. Jones has jbeen released by Routledge. The book is designed to provide an overview of key theories and concepts related to the governance of higher education from an international perspective. The book can be ordered from Amazon.ca or other book stores.
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Coming Up
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Glen will be at:
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University of Manitoba Convocation, June 5, 2018, Winnipeg.
High Participation Systems
Brendan Cantwell, Simon Marginson and Anna Smolentsena have edited a new book based on an international study on high participation systems of higher education. Glen participated in the project and worked on two chapter. The book will be published by Oxford University Press in the fall of 2018. Information on the volume can be found here.
Glen and his reseach team are currently administrating the Canadian Chapter of the of Academic Profession in the Knowledge Society survey. Read more...
This review details the findings of research on Canadian professors from 1950-2017.
A Survey of Sessional Instructors Employed by Ontario Universities
Cynthia Field and Glen Jones conducted a study of sessional instructors employed by Ontario universities. The project was funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. A report based on an analysis of the quantative component of the study can be found here.
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