The nature and implications of the growing importance of research grants to Canadian universities and academics

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Author	POLSTER, Claire
Title	The nature and implications of the growing importance of research grants to Canadian universities and academics
Publication year	2007
Source/Footnote	In: Higher education. - 53 (2007) 5, S. 599 - 622
Inventory number	22068
Keywords	Ausland : Kanada : Forschung, Hochschullehrer ; Ausland : Kanada : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Forschung : allgemein
Abstract	This paper analyzes a significant but virtually unexplored recent development within Canadian higher education, namely the growing importance of research grants to universities and academics. It addresses three main questions. First, the paper examines why and how research grants are becoming more important to Canadian universities and academics, focusing in particular on the role played by federal higher education policy. Next, it explores how the growing importance of research grants is transforming relations between and among the key players in Canadian higher education and academic research, including university administrators, academics, government, and the broader community. The paper?s final section takes up some of the actual and potential implications of these changes and raises concerns about detrimental effects on Canada?s universities and citizens. Prospects and possibilities for reform are also addressed. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Polster, Claire, E-Mail: claire.polster@uregina.ca