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The objective of this paper isto identify current policy pressures inCanadian higher education and explore theirimplications for academic decision-makingbodies based on data we obtained in ournational study on university senates. Wedescribe two inter-related sets of publicpolicy pressures that have emerged in recentyears in Canada including on-going financialrestraint and a renewed interest in universityresearch. We conclude by reviewing a number ofimportant implications for Canadian universitygovernance in the context of contemporarypolicy pressures.
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Jones, G.A., Shanahan, T. & Goyan, P. Traditional Governance Structures – Current Policy Pressures: The Academic Senate and Canadian Universities. Tertiary Education and Management 8, 29–45 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017963527022
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