Nothing Less Than Great

Harvey P. Weingarten is Principal of the School of Applied Health Sciences at the Michener Institute of Education at UHN and a Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. He was formerly Vice-President (Academic) and Provost at McMaster University, President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Calgary, and President and CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.

• About the TitleAcknowledgments and Dedication1. Introduction: Why This Book, by Me, Now?2. Is Going to University Worth It?3. Who Goes to University and Does Everyone Have an Equal Chance to Attend?4. What Should Students Learn at University and Are They Learning It?5. The Relationship between University Education and Jobs6. How Should a Government Manage Its Public University System?7. Why Are Canadian Universities So Slow to Innovate? 8. Are Canada’s Universities Sustainable?9. Are Canadian Universities High Quality?10. Canada’s Public Universities in a Post-COVID World11. Conclusion: A Recipe for ReformNotesSelected Bibliography

"Nothing Less than Great benefits from this experience and knowledge of institutions across the country with which [Weingarten] dealt during his time as president of Calgary. He knows the nuances of the relationship between Ontario universities and the government from his time at HEQCO. The book is chock full of data culled from a wide array of studies and secondary sources."- Patricia Hughes, Independent Scholar (Slaw) "Nothing Less than Great is an honest and insightful attempt to stress the current and urgent necessity of putting the word "great" into our academic institutions. It's an urgent plea to not be frightened of innovation, even if it sometimes fails. And that's a good message to hear from a profoundly intelligent and incisive mind at such a critical juncture on so many fronts."- John Fraser (Literary Review of Canada)