Professor Michael L. Skolnik
William G. Davis Chair in Community College Leadership

   

In this Section I list the publications that are most significant to me.  Due to the time required for directing the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program and the many dissertation committees that I have served on, I have not done as much publication in the past few years as I used to. Much of my writing recently has been in the form of public lectures and commissioned reports. These are listed in this Section and the first six may be downloaded.

1. Skolnik, Michael L. The Relationship of the Community College to the University and Other Providers of Postsecondary and Adult Education in Canada. A Paper Prepared for Human Resources Development Canada, June, 2003.

2. Skolnik, Michael L. Postsecondary Education in Canada: Thinking Ten Years into the Future. A Paper Prepared for Human Resources Development Canada, April, 2003. This is one of five papers that scholars across Canada were asked to prepare, analyzing the current state of Canadian postsecondary education and suggesting important directions for policy change.

3. Skolnik, Michael L. From the 1960s to the 2000s: Reflections on the Difficulty of Maintaining Balance between the University's Economic and Non-economic Objectives in Periods when its Economic Role is Highly Valued. A Paper Presented at Creating Knowledge, Strengthening Nations: the Changing Role of Higher Education. A Symposium in Celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the University of Toronto Charter. Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, October 30 - November 1, 2002.

4. Skolnik, Michael L. The CAATs and Change: Is there an essence that has remained constant? Does it matter? The 2002 Sisco Address. Annual Conference of the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, London, Ontario, February 18, 2002.

5. Skolnik, Michael L. The Community College Baccalaureate: Its Meaning and Implications for the Organization of Postsecondary Education, the Mission and Character of the Community College, and the Bachelor's Degree.  Presented at the First Annual Community College Baccalaureate Association Conference: Learning from the Past, Shaping the Future, Orlando, Florida, February 7-9, 2001.

6. Skolnik, Michael L. In Praise of Polarities In Postsecondary Education.  The R.W.B. Jackson Lecture, University of Toronto, May 11, 2000.

7. Skolnik, Michael L. "The Virtual University and the Professoriate," in Sohail Inayatullah and Jenny Gidley (Eds.). The University in Transformation: Global Perspectives on the Future of the University.  Westport, Conn: Begin & Garvey, 2000, 92-115.

8. Skolnik, Michael L. "Does Counting Publications Provide Any Useful Information About Academic Performance?," Teacher Education Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 2, 2000 (Spring), 15-26.

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