Abstract
This chapter discusses the higher education policy in Ontario. The provincial government has continued to limit competition in the Ontario university sector by controlling the number of institutions that have the authority to grant degrees, by allocating funds using a formula mechanism that is relatively insensitive to enrolment growth, and by regulating tuition fees. While the government continues to provide the bulk of its financial support to universities in the form of general operating grants, there has been an increase in the use of targeted funding mechanisms. There have been no recent changes in government policy concerning university accountability. As the universities are autonomous corporations viewed as public utilities, it is the institution, and not the state, that is generally assigned responsibility for responding to the changing needs of society. The Ontario higher education system represents an example of a relatively healthy, publicly funded post-secondary system with a high level of institutional autonomy, little direct government intervention, and limited competition.
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