The Politics of Policy Making in Postsecondary Education in Canada and in the Province of Ontario: Implications for Governance

Abstract

Governance in higher education is, in some crucial senses, about the management of universities. This chapter probes not the management of universities so much as decision making in government and its impact on university governance. Drawing on a larger study of postsecondary policy making in the federal and Ontario provincial jurisdictions, and relying on primary documents and interviews with individuals directly involved in policy making, this chapter illustrates how certain Canadian PSE policies were made and executed.