Face the Facts Ontario is a page in the COU site with links to PDF reports. In particular there is a good one, Advancing Ontario’s Future Through Advanced Degrees (2003) on the need to double graduate enrollments. I suspect the recommendations and data in this report influenced the Rae Report on the need for more places for graduate students.
The report has a nice short history of Ontario graduate education – the first MAs were given in 1845 by King’s College and the first PhD in 1900. There is a wealth of data and interpretation in the report.
The four recommendations of the report are:
RECOMMENDATION 1
The Task Force recommends that the Government of Ontario establish a 10-year goal of doubling the level of graduate enrollment in Ontario’s universities.
RECOMMENDATION 2
The Task Force recommends that the Government of Ontario move immediately to full funding for graduate enrolments.
RECOMMENDATION 3
The Task Force recommends that the Working Group on University Capacity be tasked with developing a detailed plan for increasing graduate enrolment in the next five years, including the funding mechanism and the implications for graduate enrolments for institutions and disciplines.
RECOMMENDATION 4
The Task Force recommends that the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada, with other provincial governments and university representatives as appropriate, develop a joint framework to support the increase in graduate enrolment to meet Ontario and national requirements. (p. 26)
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