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In this chapter we examine the perceptions of full-time university faculty in Canada of institutional governance and management. Canadian higher education is loosely and informally governed at the federal level, with much of the fiscal authority held by the ten provinces. Institutional managers were perceived to be the most influential actors in decisions tied to provincial resources. Faculty in the Canadian CAP survey labeled themselves as the most influential decision-makers in areas relating to core academic activities. At the individual level, they saw themselves as being influential in setting internal research priorities and establishing international linkages. Academic unit managers were seen as the most influential in determining the overall teaching load of faculty. Students were seen as the most influential in the evaluation of teaching.
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The Canadian CAP project has been housed since 2006 at the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training (CHET) at the University of British Columbia. The Canadian CAP team includes: Donald Fisher, Yves Gingras, Glen A. Jones, Amy Metcalfe, and Kjell Rubenson. We are also grateful for the work of André Mazawi on this project in 2006–2007, and our UBC graduate research assistant, Iain Snee.
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Metcalfe, A.S., Fisher, D., Gingras, Y., Jones, G.A., Rubenson, K., Snee, I. (2011). Canada: Perspectives on Governance and Management. In: Locke, W., Cummings, W., Fisher, D. (eds) Changing Governance and Management in Higher Education. The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1140-2_8
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