TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE NEW HIGHER EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTDavid Trick, PhD May 9, 2012

Investing in people has become one of the core tasks of government2

The only strategy that will increase the probability of Employability and re-employability Financial self-sufficiency Capacity to contribute to public programs Innovation, ability to address new

problems Environmentally sustainable development Political participation (voting) Social cohesion (volunteerism; tolerance

for others’ views)

The environment Ontario universities face

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Per-student revenues will lag behind per-student costs

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CPI inflation (2%)

Per-student costs (~4-5%)

Per-student revenue(1-2%)

Growth in student demand for baccalaureate education, 2009 to 20255

If students’ geographic preferences do not change....

If more GTA students want to attend university in the GTA...

GTA Rest of Ontario

GTA Rest of Ontario

30,000 – 51,000

(22-37%)

20,000 – 53,000

(8-21%)

51,000-74,000

(37-55%)

0 – 30,000

(0-12%)

High (and shifting) expectations

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Students take circuitous pathways Multiple institutions College to university, university to college Stop out and return Sometimes full-time, sometimes part-time

The nature of knowledge is changing Information is ubiquitous Harder to prescribe what facts should be

taught, in what sequence More emphasis on abilities and values

Traditional ways of coping7

Some controversial ways of coping

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Re-thinking university education from within

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Further reading

www.academicreform.ca

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