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Informing the Future of Higher Education
Hillary ArnoldHigher Education Quality Council of Ontario
Canadian Association of Graduate StudiesNovember 5, 2013
Increases in federal financial support for graduate students: Preceding policies and subsequent outcomes
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HEQCO Publication – Today!
Intentions for and outcomes following a decade of government investment in graduate education• Fred L. Hall & Hillary Arnold
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How was graduate education affected by federal investment in graduate scholarships?
Significant money invested into graduate expansion
Policy statements are difficult to measure
No comparable investment into program evaluation
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Data collected 1998 through 2010
Scholarship funding from the Tri-Councils
Enrolment data / degrees granted data from PSIS
Time to completion and completion rate data from the U15
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Federal Government intention:
Industry Canada. (2002). Achieving excellence: investing in people, knowledge and opportunities. Canada’s Innovation Strategy.
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Number of graduate students increased from 2003 to 2010
122,619
161,430
2003 2010
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Federal Government intention:
Industry Canada. (2002). Achieving excellence: investing in people, knowledge and opportunities. Canada’s Innovation Strategy.
Provide financial incentives to students registered in graduate programs
Incentives to enrol?
Incentives to complete?
Incentives to focus on specific research areas?
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Federal investment increased graduate scholarship support
19981999
20002001
20022003
20042005
20062007
20082009
2010$0
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000
CIHR SSHRC NSERC
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Federal Government intention:
Industry Canada. (2002). Achieving excellence: investing in people, knowledge and opportunities. Canada’s Innovation Strategy.
• Double CIHR? SSHRC? NSERC?
• Combined master’s and doctoral?
Double number of master’s and doctoral fellowship and scholarships awarded by federal granting councils
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Increase in support was not equal
$ since 2001tripled
quadrupleddoubled
# of scholarships since 2001 more than doubledtripledabout 50%
CIHRSSHRCNSERC
≠
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Greater investment in PhD students
19982000
20022004
20062008
2010$0
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000PhD CGS and VanierPhD otherMaster's CGS
SSH
RC
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Funded students received more $
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 -
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
Average SSHRC dollars per PhD student in SSHRC discipline
Percentage of PhD SSHRC discipline students receiving an award
SSH
RC $
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More individuals with graduate degrees in science and engineering
Federal Government intention:
Industry Canada, 2007. Mobilizing science and technology to Canada’s advantage.
• How many?
• From when to when?
• STEM?
• Science & engineering?
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NSERC master’s CGS awards not successful at enticing Canadians to STEM fields
19981999
20002001
20022003
20042005
20062007
20082009
20100
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
Male Canadian
Female Canadian
Male International
Female International
Mas
ter’s
STE
M e
nrol
men
t
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Picture is better at the PhD level
19981999
20002001
20022003
20042005
20062007
20082009
20100
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
Male Canadian
Female Canadian
Male International
Female InternationalPhD
STEM
enr
olm
ent
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Completion rates increasing
19921993
19941995
19961997
19981999
20002001
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Health Sciences
Physical Sciences + Engineering
All Disciplines
Social Sciences
Humanities
Year of Entering Cohort
Com
pleti
on R
ate
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No clear improvement in times to completion
19921993
19941995
19961997
19981999
20002001
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Humanities
Social Sciences
All Disciplines
Health Sciences
Physical Sci-ences + En-gineering
Year of Entering Cohort
Mea
n N
umbe
r of T
erm
s
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Federal Government intention:
Industry Canada. (2002). Achieving excellence: investing in people, knowledge and opportunities. Canada’s Innovation Strategy.
Increase admission of master’s and doctoral students by an average of 5% per year
• Measurable!
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Master’s vs. PhD: different story
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
10 5 0 5 10
Annual % Change in EnrolmentMaster's PhD
Industry Canada. (2002). Achieving excellence: investing in people, knowledge and opportunities. Canada’s Innovation Strategy.
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Increase in number of graduate students
More financial support to more students
# of scholarships awarded doubled overall; but not at NSERC
STEM degree enrolment not responsive at the master’s level
PhD enrolment increased most years by 5%; master’s did not
Outcomes
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What more is needed to understand the impact of scholarship on graduate students?
Policy Statements
Measurable
Data
On times to completion
On completion rates
Outcomes between:
Those that receive scholarships
Those that don’t receive scholarships
vs.