Feb 1, 2020
Kenney's UCP government recently announced a new funding model for
post-secondary education: 40% of institutional funding will now
depend on performance measures, such as graduate employment rates,
median graduate income, provisioning skills to labour markets, and
sponsored research revenues. While this is a dream for auditors and
management consultants, this new bureaucracy threatens the
integrity of Alberta's universities and colleges, and risks phasing
out innovative new research. University of Regina professor Dr.
Marc Spooner joins Team Advantage to discuss the implications of
this new funding model.
Follow Marc on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drmarcspooner/
Read Dr. Spooner's piece in the CAUT Education Review,
Performance-Based Funding in Higher Education:
https://www.caut.ca/sites/default/files/caut-education-review-performance-based_funding_in_higher_education.pdf
Read Dr. Spooner's opinion piece in the Calgary Herald:
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-why-performance-based-funding-for-universities-is-not-the-answer