Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission ; its organization and functions

Event

Loucks, Leon F.

1978-11-10

01:26:29

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02:00 Introduction | 04:00 Discussion of the definition of “commission” | 05:30 Discussion of campuses in the Maritimes | 07:30 Discussion of interactions between universities in the Maritimes and the commission | 08:00 Discussion of numbers related to the commission, positions within | 15:00 Discussion of the nature of the people involved with the commission | 17:30 Discussion of administrative positions within the commission | 18:30 Discussion of the history of the MPHEC | 21:30 Discussion of the acts that established the MPHEC | 22:00 Discussion of who the MPHEC reports to | 23:30 Discussion of a policy statement of accessibility | 25:30 Discussion of policy statements regarding funding | 28:00 Discussion of interactions between institutions and the commission | 29:30 Discussion of committees within the commission | 32:00 Discussion of studies and task forces resultant from the MPHEC | 34:30 Beginning of question period; question regarding relationship between the MPHEC and the student community in the Maritimes | 36:30 Question if PEI has a disproportionately high representation | 38:30 Question regarding the expressed goals of the MPHEC | 41:30 Question regarding the contribution of the provinces based on population | 44:30 Question regarding the raising of money based on population and the spending of money | 48:00 Question regarding how much of the funding comes with stipulations | 52:00 Comment on the autonomy of universities in relation to aforementioned stipulations | 53:00 Discussion of a regional approach to higher education | 01:00:00 Discussion of sources of revenue for Maritime universities | 01:02:30 Discussion of grants for universities | 01:04:30 Further discussion of the regional nature of education | 01:05:30 Question regarding the usage of funding | 01:10:30 Question regarding the MPHEC acting as a buffer between government and university | 01:14:30 Question regarding recommendations made by the MPHEC | 01:18:00 Discussion of public accountability | 01:19:00 Discussion of the faculty association | 01:25:30 End of seminar