January 21, 2005
Topics included:
- Public concerns about possible directions for higher education in Ontario
- Coordination, collaboration and governance of the province’s higher education system
- Higher Education Reform in the UK
- Funding for the future: public and private responsibilities and benefits
- Affordability
- Ensuring quality
| AGENDA ITEM | SPEAKERS | SLIDES/NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Presentation: Ensuring Quality & Affordability in Ontario Universities | Professor Andre Turcotte - School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University and President, Feedback Research | Download |
| Panel 1: Coordination, collaboration and governance of the province’s higher education system: what type of system does Ontario need? | Professor Paul Axelrod - Dean of Education, York University | Download |
| Professor Michael Skolnik - William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership, OISE, University of Toronto | Download | |
| Dr. Donald Savage - Donald C. Savage Consulting Co. | Download | |
| Presentation: Higher Education Reform in the UK | Professor Claire Callender - Professor of Social Policy, South Bank University, London, England | Download |
| Panel 2: Funding for the future: public and private responsibilities and benefits | Paul Kniest - Economist and Policy Researcher, National Tertiary Education Union, Melbourne, Australia | Download |
| Dr. Michael Bloom - Director, Education and Learning, Conference Board of Canada | Download | |
| Hugh Mackenzie - Principal, Mackenzie and Associates | Download | |
| Panel 3: Affordability and opportunity | Professor Bruce Johnstone - Professor of Higher and Comparative Education, SUNY Buffalo | Download |
| Professor Richard Wellen - Business and Society Program, York University | Download | |
| Lynn Barr-Telford - Chief, Survey Analysis and Dissemination, Centre for Education Statistics, Statistics Canada | Download | |
| Panel 4: Ensuring quality | Professor Richard Van Loon - President, Carleton University, Chair, Council of Ontario Universities | Download |
| Dr. Ron Saunders - Canadian Policy Research Networks | Download | |
| Ann Dowsett Johnston - Editor, Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities and Maclean's Guide to Canadian Colleges |