Abstract Using two conceptual frameworks from political science—Kingdon’s (2003) multiple streams model and the advocacy coalition framework (Sabatier & Jenkins-Smith, 1993)—this case study examines the detailed history of a major tuition policy change in Ontario in 2004: a tuition freeze. The paper explores the social, political, and economic factors that influenced policymakers on this particular change to shed light on the broader questions of the dynamics of postsecondary policymaking. The study found that the Liberal Party’s decision to freeze postsecondary tuition fees was a function of stakeholder relations, public opinion, and brokerage politics, designed for electoral success. The policy implementation strategy was intended...
University tuition fees in Quebec remain among the lowest in North America, despite recent governmen...
This paper examines the coordination of post-secondary education systems by provincial governments i...
AbstractThis article seeks to explain both convergence and divergence in Ontario teacher union elect...
Using two conceptual frameworks from political science—Kingdon’s (2003) multiple streams model and t...
This study examines the process by which two provinces made major change in tuition policies in Cana...
This study develops a conceptual understanding of the process by which provincial tuition policies u...
Policy-makers and institutional administrators have long struggled with the question of college and ...
Policy-makers and institutional administrators have long struggled with the question of college and ...
This case study focuses on Ontario higher education policy and the Colleges of Applied Arts and Tech...
A policy sociology approach is taken to examine the connections between neo-liberalism, post-seconda...
The research design guiding the study emphasized the development of conceptual elements of policy ch...
This study seeks to explain why partisanship—contrary to what we might expect based on the findings ...
This paper examines the pattern of decision-making, lobbying, and influence that led to the landmark...
In recent decades, we have seen various governing bodies reduce their economic support for the publi...
There has been little research on the government relations function within the post-secondary educat...
University tuition fees in Quebec remain among the lowest in North America, despite recent governmen...
This paper examines the coordination of post-secondary education systems by provincial governments i...
AbstractThis article seeks to explain both convergence and divergence in Ontario teacher union elect...
Using two conceptual frameworks from political science—Kingdon’s (2003) multiple streams model and t...
This study examines the process by which two provinces made major change in tuition policies in Cana...
This study develops a conceptual understanding of the process by which provincial tuition policies u...
Policy-makers and institutional administrators have long struggled with the question of college and ...
Policy-makers and institutional administrators have long struggled with the question of college and ...
This case study focuses on Ontario higher education policy and the Colleges of Applied Arts and Tech...
A policy sociology approach is taken to examine the connections between neo-liberalism, post-seconda...
The research design guiding the study emphasized the development of conceptual elements of policy ch...
This study seeks to explain why partisanship—contrary to what we might expect based on the findings ...
This paper examines the pattern of decision-making, lobbying, and influence that led to the landmark...
In recent decades, we have seen various governing bodies reduce their economic support for the publi...
There has been little research on the government relations function within the post-secondary educat...
University tuition fees in Quebec remain among the lowest in North America, despite recent governmen...
This paper examines the coordination of post-secondary education systems by provincial governments i...
AbstractThis article seeks to explain both convergence and divergence in Ontario teacher union elect...