For a more viable university system, developing a private higher education sector in Ontario

grantor: University of TorontoThis is a study that examines the feasibility of developing a private higher education sector in Ontario. A comparative analysis of the history of education in Canada and the United States is undertaken to determine how the two systems developed differently. From this analysis, public/private distinctions are revealed comparing two current institutions from the United States and Canada. With this definition of "private," examples of recently established private, not-for-profit institutions in jurisdictions similar to Canada are examined for their impact on their respective higher education systems. Two proposals of not-for-profit institutions in British Columbia and Ontario are analyzed and compared with these previously established institutions. The future prospects for similar proposals in Ontario are considered while also looking at the privatization of public universities and the establishment of for-profit higher education. It is concluded that the Ontario government will most likely endorse the creation of a private higher education sector.M.A