Cet article présente les résultats de trois études portant sur les diplômés d'immersion de la région d'Ottawa. La première étude vise à présenter les cours de français offerts à des apprenants de langue seconde de niveau universitaire. Cette étude a…

Canadian universities employ a variety of methods to increase access, especial- ly for adult students unable to attend regular day classes because of employ- ment or family commitments. How effective are such methods? Is the large increase in part-time enrolment…

Malgré un intérêt accru concernant la compréhension par les élèves de l'entreprise scientifique et de son mode de production de connaissances, peu d'études ont été consacrées aux futurs enseignants. L'idée de science chez de futurs enseignants de sciences du secondaire…

Until the early 1970's, research into attrition among postsecondary students was largely aimed at establishing correlations between the characteristics the stu- dents brought with them to an institution and dropping out. Virtually all of this research was unguided by any…

This paper reports the initial findings of a survey (N=388) conducted in Winter 1991 focusing on the quality of the academic experience for Arts and Science students at a medium size post-secondary institution in eastern Canada. Our purposes are: 1)…

A Commission of Inquiry on Canadian University Education recently reported that approximately 42% of full-time undergraduate students who entered Canadian universities in 1985 failed to obtain a degree within five years. While this statistic is startling, perhaps, of greater concern…

Canadian cities are experiencing increasing ethnic and racial diversity. As a result there is a growing concern with the degree to which Canadian institu- tions meet the needs of a heterogeneous population. Despite this concern, as yet, there have been…

Tenure is sometimes charged as giving faculty lifetime job security, with little accountability and sporadic monitoring of performance. Scholars have traditionally defended tenure as necessary for academic freedom. This paper takes a different approach by examining the acade- mic "employment…

Dans cet article, les auteurs utilisent les résultats d'une enquête sur les pratiques de collaboration, menée en 1994 par Benoît Godin et Réjean Landry, auprès de près de 1 500 chercheurs universitaires québécois. Les données analysées ici concernent la recherche…

Most academics recognize that universities, as institutions, have an obligation to account rigorously for financial expenditures. There is less agreement about teaching and research wherein issues of autonomy and academic freedom enter the debate. Yet here too, demands for account-…