Centre for the Study of Canadian & International Higher Education

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Welcome to the Centre for the Study of Canadian & International Higher Education (CIHE)

We are dedicated to advancing knowledge, policy, and practice in higher education through innovative research, partnerships, and publications.

Our interdisciplinary team explores the evolving role of institutions, academics, and students in a rapidly changing world, providing insights and solutions to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

2025 Speaker Series

CIHE 2025 Speaker Series poster

Upcoming Events

Cassidy Gong
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The largest and arguably leading global scholarship on the development and functioning of private higher education (PHE) finds that most policy for PHE is privately made and that even public policy for PHE tends to follow "pluralist-market" (and even "laissez-faire" dynamics) more than statist dynamics.
Sandra Acker, Oili-Helena Ylijoki, & Michelle McGinn
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Over several years, three seasoned higher education scholars collaborated on an edited volume, *The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on Funding and Gender* (Acker, Ylijoki, & McGinn, 2024), published by Routledge in the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) series. This paper contributes to the underexplored topic of scholarly editing.
Juliette Sweeney
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In 2022, only 27% of graduates from Canadian graduate engineering programs were women, not much more than the 22% they were in 2002. Universities, governments and the engineering profession have worked for many years to increase the number of women in engineering, including in graduate engineering schools, but these programs have had limited success.

Latest Posts

Regulatory landscape for private career colleges
Canada encouraged massive growth in the enrolment of nternational students for years. In 2023, a record number of international students were welcomed in the country, with approximately 1,040,000 primary, secondary, and post-secondary study permits issued (Government of Canada, 2024).
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Ableism in the Canadian Academy: A National Dialogue
On December 2, the U of T Scarborough hosted the National Dialogues and Action for Inclusive Higher Education and Communities, which focused on “Addressing Ableism, Disability, and Accessibility in Canadian Higher Education”.
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Stephanie Waterman, 2018 Senior Scholar Award from the American College Personnel Association
Professor Stephanie Waterman wins the 2018 Senior Scholar Award from the American College Personnel Association, for the integration of scholarship in the practice of student affairs.
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