Glen A. Jones (Ph.D. Toronto) is an Associate Professor in the Higher Education Group, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Before joining the Higher Education Group in 1995, he was a member of the Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Brock University

• Introduction, The Federal Perspective, Higher Education in British Columbia, 1945-1995: Opportunity and Diversity, Postsecondary Education in Alberta Since 1945, Higher Education in Saskatchewan, Higher Education in Manitoba, Higher Education in Ontario, Higher Education in Quebec: 1945-1995; New Brunswick Higher Education in Nova Scotia: Where Past Is More Than Prologue, Prince Edward Island Newfoundland: More Canadian Than British, But Longer Getting There, Postsecondary Education in the Yukon: The Last Thirty Years, Higher Education in the Northwest Territories, Putting It All Together: Viewing Canadian Higher Education from a Collection of Jurisdiction-Based Perspectives

"..uniformly well organized, clearly written, and convincing. People wishing to learn the major phases in the development of Canada's one dozen higher education systems over the 1945-95 period should find this volume well worth their attention." -- Comparative Education Review"Essential starting place for anyone who would seek to understand, appreciate, and learn from the realm of Canadian postsecondary education." -- Journal of Higer Education