Changing Definitions and Off-loading Responsibility in Alberta's Post-Secondary System

Creator

Robert J. Barnetson

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

December 1997

Abstract

The introduction of a performance-based funding mechanism by Alberta's provincial government alters the public definition of "educational quality" and fully shifts the responsibility for declining educational quality from the provincial government onto institutions. This article outlines the process by which the provincial government has compelled institutions to accept this redefinition and transfer despite the substantial loss of institutional autonomy it entails. The implications of this change are explored and possible reasons are suggested.

Keywords

Education--Canada

Extent

15

Geographic Location

Alberta (Canada)

Volume

5

Issue

22

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00091

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Barnetson, Robert J., "Changing Definitions and Off-loading Responsibility in Alberta's Post-Secondary System" (1997). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 324.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/324