Education

“’A more skeptical view (…) explains the current managerial state of higher education in this province as the result of competing fields of power. These were evidenced within and without the University of Ottawa as it moved towards a non-denominational university. This dour perspective pitted nominally papal and Ontarian sovereignties against each other in a battle that was being simultaneously fought across Canada—and, in fact, across the Western world—for a more distinct separation of Church and state.’’

“Taken as a whole, the chapters in Beyond the Academic Gateway provide demonstrative evidence that the journey to tenure and earning of tenure is not a simple process. The chapters of this book show myriads of experiences, none of which say it is a ‘walk in the park.’ This is not to suggest that graduate schools are not preparing students with relevant skills—they are, yet in spite of years of preparation this collection says the experience remains arduous.”