MISSING PIECES II: AN ALTERNATIVE GUIDE TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

(released Jan. 10)

By Erika Shaker and Denise Doherty-Delorme (eds.)

The signature essay of "Missing Pieces II" is the ranking of

performance of provinces according to their overall commitment to higher

education. The overall ranking is the product of sub-rankings of

provincial performance in four categories; equity, accessibility,

quality, and public accountability. Each category has four or five

component indicators.

According to Shaker and Doherty-Delorme, "as federal and most provincial

governments continue to move toward cost recovery- based funding and as

post-secondary education budgets are slashed, inequities among

provinces, among institutions, among departments, among communities and

among citizens are widening. "

Missing Pieces II contains essays from over 30 contributors on many

aspects of post-secondary education across the country

"Missing Pieces: The Provincial Rankings," can be downloaded from our

web site: www.policyalternatives.ca >

The complete publication can be purchased for $20.000 (price includes

shipping and GST). Discounts for bulk orders. See web site for details:

: www.policyalternatives.ca >

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