Growth and Governance of Canadian Universities - An Insider's View

A veteran of university administration considers the effect of remarkable change on the growth and governance of the modern Canadian university.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Similar Beginnings
2 The UBC Experience
3 First Step to the East
4 Lessons from Western
5 Going to Guelph
6 Central Themes from Guelph
7 The University Mission, Planning, and Priorities
8 Down East in the Maritimes
9 The Most Difficult Years
10 Finances, Rationalization, and Political Correctness
11 Universities, Governments, and Society
12 Achievements, Comparisons, and Challenges
13 Conclusions
Notes
Index

About the author

Howard C. Clark is President and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of Dalhousie University, a former Vice-President Academic at the University of Guelph, and former professor of Chemistry at the Universities of British Columbia and Western Ontario.

Summary

A veteran of university administration considers the effect of remarkable change on the growth and governance of the modern Canadian university.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Clark, Howard C Clark, Howard C. Clark
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9780774810241
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1024-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 399 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Kanada, Hochschulbildung, Fort- und Weiterbildung