Queen's University Douglas Library

OUSA is in a position to facilitate a great deal of information and knowledge to people interested in seeking it out. Here you will find a listing of all the recent research conducted by OUSA, as well as many other reports and studies from others that you may find useful.

OUSA’S RESEARCH

Rising Costs: A Look at Spending at Ontario Universities
(Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, 2011)

Evaluating Public Opinion on Post-Secondary Education in Ontario
(Commissioned by the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance & College Student Alliance, 2011)

Global Examination of Post-Secondary Education Cost Recovery Models
(Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, 2010)

What Students Want: Results of the Ontario Student Survey
(Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, 2010)

Canadian Student Survey: Summer Work and Paying for Post-Secondary Education
(Commissioned by CASA, OUSA, CAUS, ANSSA, 2010)

Canadian Student Survey: Upper-Year Canadian PSE Students’ Future Plans and Debt
(Commissioned by CASA, OUSA, CAUS, ANSSA, 2010)

The Illiteracy of the Literate: The Lack of Financial Aid Knowledge Among Canadian University Students
(Commissioned by CASA, OUSA, CAUS, ANSSA, 2010)

E-Learning
(Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, 2010)

Student Focus Groups – Final Report
(Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, 2010)

Ontario’s Knowledge Economy
(Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, 2009)

Income Contingent Loan Repayment Plan
(Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, 2008)

Municipal Affairs
(Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, 2008)

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GENERAL POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators
(Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development – 2011)
Statistics Canada Analysis

Third Annual Review & Research Plan
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2010)

People Without Jobs, Jobs Without People
(Miner Management Consultants, 2010)

Revisiting Ontario College and University Revenue Data
(Snowdon & Associates, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2009)
Appendix

Navigating Through the Recovery
(Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress, november 2009)

Postsecondary education in Ontario and the recession
(Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, September 2009)

Bologna and Beyond
(Educational Policy Institute, May 2009)

ON THE BRINK How the Recession of 2009 Will Affect Post-Secondary Education
(Educational Policy Institute, February 2009)

Leaning Into the Win
(Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress, november 2008)

Compete to Win – Final Report
(Government of Canada June 2008)

Resource Document 2007
(Council of Ontario Universities – 2007)

Participation in Postsecondary Education: Graduates, Continuers and Drop-outs, Results from YITS Cycle 4
(Danielle Shaienks and Tomasz Gluszynski – 2007)

Post-Secondary Education in Canada:  Strategies for Success
(Canadian Council on Learning – 2007)

Path to the 2020 Prosperity Agenda
(Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity – 2007)

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ACCESSIBILITY 

Under-Represented Groups in Post-Secondary Education in Ontario: Evidence from the Youth in Transition Survey
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2011)

Post-Secondary Attendance, Income and Financial Aid: Comparing the U.S. and Canada
(CIBC Centre for Human Capital and Productivity, 2011)

Willingness to Pay for Post-Secondary Education Amongst Under-Represented Groups
(Social Research & Demonstration Corporation, 2010)

First-Generation Post-Secondary Education Students
(Measuring the Effectiveness of Student Aid Project, 2010)

Post High-School Pathways of Immigrant Youth
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2010)

“What About the Boys?” An Overview of Gender Trends in Education and the Labour Market in Ontario
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2010)

Answering the Call: The 2010 Inventory of Canadian University Programs and Services Offered to Aboriginal Students
(Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 2010)

From Post-Secondary Application to the Labour Market: Pathways of Under-Represented Groups
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2010)

The Price of Knowledge Access and Student Finance in Canada
(Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, 2009)

University Participation and Income Differences: An Analysis of Applications by Ontario Secondary School Students
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2009)

The Post-Secondary Student Support Program: An Examination of Alternative Delivery Mechanisms
(EPI, November 2009)

Regional Differences in Canadian Rural-Urban Participation Rates in Post-Secondary Education
(MESA Project, May 2009)

The Effects of Family Income, Parental Education and Other Background Factors on Access to Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Evidence from the YITS
(MESA Project, February 2008)

Why Access Matters A Review of the Latest Research
(Joseph Berger, Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation – 2008)

BCG Assessment of Pathways to Education
(Boston Consulting Group, 2007)

Mind the Access Gap: Breaking Down Barriers to Post Secondary Education
(Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation/Policy Options – 2007)

Why Are Youth from Lower-income Families Less Likely to Attend University? Evidence from Academic Abilities, Parental Influences, and Financial Constraints
(Marc Frenette – 2007)

Progress Report: University Access, Accountability and Quality in the Reaching Higher Plan
(Council of Ontario Universities – 2007)

Canadian Attitudes on Post-secondary Education
(Canadian Council on Learning – 2007)

The End of Need Based Student Financial Aid in Canada?
(Educational Policy Institute – 2007)

The Price of Knowledge: Access and Student Finance in Canada – 3rd Edition
(Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation – 2007)

Student Aid Time Bomb: The Coming Crisis in Canada’s Financial Aid System
(Educational Policy Institute – 2006)

Grants for Students: What They Are and Why They Work
(Educational Policy Institute – 2006)

Student Financial Aid: The Role of Loans and Grants
(Ross Finnie, Queen’s University – 2004)

A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing: How Perceptions of Costs and Benefits Affect Access to Education
(Educational Policy Institute – 2005)

Education in Canada: Has the Role of Parental Education and Income Changed over the 1990s?
(Marie Drolet – 2005)

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AFFORDABILITY

Under Pressure: The Impact of Rising Tuition Fees on Ontario Families
(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2011)

Institutional Student Financial Grants in Ontario
(The Educational Policy Institute, 2009)

The Future Cost of a University Degree
(TD Bank Financial Group, October 2009)

Comparative Student Tuition and Fee Revenue
(Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, May 2009)

Beyond the Sticker Shock 2008: A Closer Look at Canadian Tuition Fees
(Educational Policy Institute, October 2008)

Report on Student Debt
(Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation – 2007)

Literature Review of Postsecondary Education Affordability in Canada
(Council of Ministers of Education – 2007)

The Impact of Tuition Fees on University Access: Evidence From Large Scale Price Deregulation in Professional Programs
(Marc Frenette – 2007)

Measuring the effectiveness of Student Assistance, Annual Report 2006
(Educational Policy Institute – 2007)

Canada Student Loans Repayment Assistance: Who Does and Does Not Use Interest Relief?
(Jerry Situ – 2006)

The Tuition Trap
(Hugh Mackenzie and Associates, 2005)

Student Aid and University Persistence: Does Debt Matter
(Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation – 2005)

Global Debt Patterns: An International Comparison of Student Loan Burdens and Repayment Conditions
(Educational Policy Institute – 2005)

The Impact of Tuition Fees on University Access: Evidence from a Large-scale Price Deregulation in Professional Programs
(Marc Frenette, Statistics Canada, Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2005, 6)

The role of economic factors, including the level of tuition, in individual university participation decisions in Canada
(David R. Johnson and Fiona Rahman, The Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 35, no. 3 – 2005, 117)

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ACCOUNTABILITY

Disappointment, Misunderstanding and Expectations: A Gap Analysis of NSSE, BCSSE and FSSE
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2010)

The Business of Higher Education
(Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, November 2009)

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QUALITY

Teaching-Stream Faculty at Ontario Universities
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2011)

Forward with Integrity
(McMaster University, 2011)

Defining, Measuring and Achieving “Student Success” in Ontario Colleges and Universities
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2011)

The Benefits of Greater Differentiation in Ontario’s University Sector
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2010)

Ontario Universities’ Facilities Condition Assessment Program
(Council of Ontario Universities, 2010)

Linking Student Satisfaction and Retention
(Noel-Levitz, 2009)

Towards a Comprehensive Mental Health Strategy
(Ontario College Health Association, 2009)

Faculty Engagement in Teaching Development Activities – Phase 1: Literature Review
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2009)

Trends in Faculty Hiring at Ontario Universities
(Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, October 2009)

Apples-to-Apples: Towards a Pan-Canadian Common University Data Set
(Educational Policy Institute – 2006)

The Lighting of a Fire: Re-Imagining the Undergraduate Learning Experience
(University of Guelph, 2005)

The Quality of University Teaching: Faculty Performance and Accountability. A Literature Review
(Canadian Institute for the Study of Higher Education, 2002)

Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America’s Research Universities
(Boyer Commission, 1998)

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COMMON UNIVERSITY DATA ONTARIO

Common University Data Ontario offers key data on enrolment, student satisfaction, tuition and ancillary fees, and graduation and employment rates for every university in Ontario.

(Access data through the Council of Ontario Universities here)

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PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

CMost universities in Ontario publish their financial information through easily accessible online reports. These reports break university expenditures and revenues down by categories. Taken as a whole, they are valuable resources for investigation of revenue sources and expenditure priorities of universities. There are two primary databases available in Ontario. The Council of Financial Officers – Universities of Ontario data-set is specific to Ontario institutions, whereas the Canadian Association of University Business Officers data-set reports Canada-wide.

When making comparisons across years, please ensure that you consult the reporting guidelines specific to those years, as they have changed over time.

Council of Financial Officers – Universities of Ontario
(Council of Ontario Universities)
Reporting Guidelines 

Canadian Association of University Business Officers
(Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada)
Reporting Guidelines