Glen A Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 3802777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Glen A Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Glen A |
| FAMILY NAME | Jones |
| SIGNATURE | JONES G A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4305-9411 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Individual, institutional, and systemic factors contributing to academic research production
Academic research production is a complex process shaped by factors operating at individual, institutional, and systemic levels. This study examines the relative influence of nine individual-level variables (academic rank, having completed a postdoc, time dedicated to research, interest in research, national collaborations, international collaborations, institutional funding, national funding, and gender), two institutional-level variables (unive…
The Impact of International Academic Mobility on Research Collaboration and Production
Virtual gown and town
The objective of this paper is to contribute to our understanding of ‘crisis’ in higher education through the analysis of a unique series of events involving a decisive change in the relationship between a university and the state. A descriptive case study approach is used to investigate the crisis in governance at Athabasca University, an open university located in Alberta, Canada. Factors leading to the crisis included the university leadership…
Studying the gender gap in academic research production among Canadian university professors using the multilevel approach to gender inequalities framework
The gender gap in academic research production has been demonstrated through various methods and geographical contexts. Previous research has yielded conflicting results concerning the effect of gender as a stand-alone variable on research production and primarily focused on other individual and organizational variables to explain this gap. We seek to clarify the influence of gender-related variables on academic research production, operationaliz…
Reconceptualizing the phenomenon of inbreeding
This paper illuminates how three distinct but complementary concepts can be used to explain the prevalence of inbreeding in some contexts and the absence or limited frequency of inbreeding in others. The concepts of internal and external labour markets can be useful in understanding the academic labour market conditions that may support or discourage inbreeding. The concepts of vertical fragmentation of the academic labour within universities and…
Does Vertical University Stratification Foster or Hinder Academics’ Societal Engagement? Findings from Canada, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Russia
Competing institutional logics of academic personnel system reforms in leading Chinese Universities
This study utilises an institutional logic perspective to explore the dynamics and complexity of academic personnel system reforms at leading Chinese universities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 32 participants from 10 highly ranked universities; these interviews obtained the views of key observers on four main reform initiatives: global recruitment, the adoption of a tenure-track system and improvements to performance criteria an…
Federalism and university governance in Canada
There is increasing interest in how universities are governed, externally and internally (Austin and Jones 2016). Drawing on a comparative case study of the governance of six major Canadian universities and the literature, this article describes the impact of federal research and innovation policy and programs on universities and reflects on Ottawa's role. We suggest that the federal government participates in the external governance of universit…
Generational change and academic work
There has been a considerable growth in research on the academic profession in the last decade, and a common finding in many jurisdictions is that there have been significant changes in the nature
Largely a matter of degrees
There is no national accreditation or quality assurance mechanism for Canadian higher education. This paper argues that a number of structural characteristics that emerged as a function of the transition to mass higher education have served to stymie the development of government quality assurance mechanisms, including the decentralization of higher education policy, the development of a relatively homogeneous university sector, and the limited p…
Building and strengthening policy research capacity
Given the importance of higher education in social and economic development, governments need to build a strong higher education data and policy research infrastructure to support informed decision-making, provide policy advice, and offer a critical assessment of key trends and issues. The author discusses the decline of higher education policy research capacity in Canada and reviews the importance of strong national data systems in addressing is…
Student organizations in Canada and Quebec's 'Maple Spring
This article has two major objectives: to describe the structure of the student movement in Canada and the formal role of students in higher education governance, and to describe and analyze the ‘Maple Spring,’ the dramatic mobilization of students in opposition to proposed tuition fee increases in Quebec that eventually led to a provincial election and the fall of the government. Based on an analysis of documents, news reports, and a small numbe…
Governing Higher Education
Governing Higher Education
Can Provincial Universities be Global Institutions? Rethinking the Institution as the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Globalization and Higher Education
The University and Society
Arrangements for co-ordination between university and college sectors in Canadian Provinces
Arrangements for co-ordination between university and college sectors in Canadian Provinces
Higher Education in Canada
Radiocarbon Ages from Two Submerged Strandline Features in the Western Gulf of Maine and a Sea-Level Curve for the Northeastern Massachusetts Coastal Region
New radiocarbon dates provide ages for two submerged strandline features on the Massachusetts inner shelf. These ages provide limited control on a relative sea-level (RSL) curve for the late Wisconsinan and Holocene. The curve indicates a late Wisconsinan high stand of RSL of +33 m about 14,000 yr ago and a very short-lived relative low stand of about -43 m at about 12,000 yr ago followed by a rise to present sea level. Rapid changes of RSL aroun…
A Comparative Analysis of Arrangements for State Coordination of Higher Education in Canada and the United States
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael L. SkolnikMichael L. Skolnik is a professor and Glen A. Jones is a postdoctoral fellow in the Higher Education Group at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and Graduate Department of Education, University of Toronto.Glen A. JonesMichael L. Skolnik is a professor and Glen A. Jones is a postdoctoral fellow in the Higher Education Group at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education an…
Competing institutional logics of academic personnel system reforms in leading Chinese Universities
This study utilises an institutional logic perspective to explore the dynamics and complexity of academic personnel system reforms at leading Chinese universities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 32 participants from 10 highly ranked universities; these interviews obtained the views of key observers on four main reform initiatives: global recruitment, the adoption of a tenure-track system and improvements to performance criteria an…
Higher Education in Canada
Student organizations in Canada and Quebec's 'Maple Spring
This article has two major objectives: to describe the structure of the student movement in Canada and the formal role of students in higher education governance, and to describe and analyze the ‘Maple Spring,’ the dramatic mobilization of students in opposition to proposed tuition fee increases in Quebec that eventually led to a provincial election and the fall of the government. Based on an analysis of documents, news reports, and a small numbe…
Building and strengthening policy research capacity
Given the importance of higher education in social and economic development, governments need to build a strong higher education data and policy research infrastructure to support informed decision-making, provide policy advice, and offer a critical assessment of key trends and issues. The author discusses the decline of higher education policy research capacity in Canada and reviews the importance of strong national data systems in addressing is…
A Comparative Analysis of Arrangements for State Coordination of Higher Education in Canada and the United States
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael L. SkolnikMichael L. Skolnik is a professor and Glen A. Jones is a postdoctoral fellow in the Higher Education Group at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and Graduate Department of Education, University of Toronto.Glen A. JonesMichael L. Skolnik is a professor and Glen A. Jones is a postdoctoral fellow in the Higher Education Group at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education an…
Generational change and academic work
There has been a considerable growth in research on the academic profession in the last decade, and a common finding in many jurisdictions is that there have been significant changes in the nature
Does Vertical University Stratification Foster or Hinder Academics’ Societal Engagement? Findings from Canada, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Russia
Largely a matter of degrees
There is no national accreditation or quality assurance mechanism for Canadian higher education. This paper argues that a number of structural characteristics that emerged as a function of the transition to mass higher education have served to stymie the development of government quality assurance mechanisms, including the decentralization of higher education policy, the development of a relatively homogeneous university sector, and the limited p…
The University and Society
A Comparative Analysis of Arrangements for State Coordination of Higher Education in Canada and the United States
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMichael L. SkolnikMichael L. Skolnik is a professor and Glen A. Jones is a postdoctoral fellow in the Higher Education Group at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and Graduate Department of Education, University of Toronto.Glen A. JonesMichael L. Skolnik is a professor and Glen A. Jones is a postdoctoral fellow in the Higher Education Group at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education an…
Radiocarbon Ages from Two Submerged Strandline Features in the Western Gulf of Maine and a Sea-Level Curve for the Northeastern Massachusetts Coastal Region
New radiocarbon dates provide ages for two submerged strandline features on the Massachusetts inner shelf. These ages provide limited control on a relative sea-level (RSL) curve for the late Wisconsinan and Holocene. The curve indicates a late Wisconsinan high stand of RSL of +33 m about 14,000 yr ago and a very short-lived relative low stand of about -43 m at about 12,000 yr ago followed by a rise to present sea level. Rapid changes of RSL aroun…
Arrangements for co-ordination between university and college sectors in Canadian Provinces
Arrangements for co-ordination between university and college sectors in Canadian Provinces
Higher Education in Canada
Can Provincial Universities be Global Institutions? Rethinking the Institution as the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Globalization and Higher Education
The University and Society
Governing Higher Education
Governing Higher Education
Largely a matter of degrees
There is no national accreditation or quality assurance mechanism for Canadian higher education. This paper argues that a number of structural characteristics that emerged as a function of the transition to mass higher education have served to stymie the development of government quality assurance mechanisms, including the decentralization of higher education policy, the development of a relatively homogeneous university sector, and the limited p…
Building and strengthening policy research capacity
Given the importance of higher education in social and economic development, governments need to build a strong higher education data and policy research infrastructure to support informed decision-making, provide policy advice, and offer a critical assessment of key trends and issues. The author discusses the decline of higher education policy research capacity in Canada and reviews the importance of strong national data systems in addressing is…
Student organizations in Canada and Quebec's 'Maple Spring
This article has two major objectives: to describe the structure of the student movement in Canada and the formal role of students in higher education governance, and to describe and analyze the ‘Maple Spring,’ the dramatic mobilization of students in opposition to proposed tuition fee increases in Quebec that eventually led to a provincial election and the fall of the government. Based on an analysis of documents, news reports, and a small numbe…
Generational change and academic work
There has been a considerable growth in research on the academic profession in the last decade, and a common finding in many jurisdictions is that there have been significant changes in the nature
Federalism and university governance in Canada
There is increasing interest in how universities are governed, externally and internally (Austin and Jones 2016). Drawing on a comparative case study of the governance of six major Canadian universities and the literature, this article describes the impact of federal research and innovation policy and programs on universities and reflects on Ottawa's role. We suggest that the federal government participates in the external governance of universit…
Does Vertical University Stratification Foster or Hinder Academics’ Societal Engagement? Findings from Canada, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Russia
Competing institutional logics of academic personnel system reforms in leading Chinese Universities
This study utilises an institutional logic perspective to explore the dynamics and complexity of academic personnel system reforms at leading Chinese universities. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 32 participants from 10 highly ranked universities; these interviews obtained the views of key observers on four main reform initiatives: global recruitment, the adoption of a tenure-track system and improvements to performance criteria an…
Reconceptualizing the phenomenon of inbreeding
This paper illuminates how three distinct but complementary concepts can be used to explain the prevalence of inbreeding in some contexts and the absence or limited frequency of inbreeding in others. The concepts of internal and external labour markets can be useful in understanding the academic labour market conditions that may support or discourage inbreeding. The concepts of vertical fragmentation of the academic labour within universities and…
Virtual gown and town
The objective of this paper is to contribute to our understanding of ‘crisis’ in higher education through the analysis of a unique series of events involving a decisive change in the relationship between a university and the state. A descriptive case study approach is used to investigate the crisis in governance at Athabasca University, an open university located in Alberta, Canada. Factors leading to the crisis included the university leadership…
Studying the gender gap in academic research production among Canadian university professors using the multilevel approach to gender inequalities framework
The gender gap in academic research production has been demonstrated through various methods and geographical contexts. Previous research has yielded conflicting results concerning the effect of gender as a stand-alone variable on research production and primarily focused on other individual and organizational variables to explain this gap. We seek to clarify the influence of gender-related variables on academic research production, operationaliz…
The Impact of International Academic Mobility on Research Collaboration and Production
Individual, institutional, and systemic factors contributing to academic research production
Academic research production is a complex process shaped by factors operating at individual, institutional, and systemic levels. This study examines the relative influence of nine individual-level variables (academic rank, having completed a postdoc, time dedicated to research, interest in research, national collaborations, international collaborations, institutional funding, national funding, and gender), two institutional-level variables (unive…
Higher Education Governance and Development (16 works) · Political science (14 works) · Economics (12 works) · Higher education (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Public Administration (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works)