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Olivier Bégin-Caouette Ph.D. is an associate professor in comparative higher education atUniversité de Montréal. He studies the interactions between higher education systems and political-economic contexts. He is a founding member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Higher Education (LIRES) and an associate member of the Interuniversity research center on science and technology (CIRST).
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June 2018 - present
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- Assistant professor of comparative higher education.
January 2015 - May 2015
August 2014 - December 2014
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Le recrutement d’étudiants internationaux constitue une forme d’activité internationale qui est mobilisée par les acteurs de l’enseignement supérieur afin de s’adapter ou de répondre aux multiples dynamiques de concurrence internationale. Les stratégies que déploient les acteurs afin de recruter des étudiants internationaux constituent également le...
L’objectif de cet article est d’examiner l’influence perçue des facteurs qui favorisent ou contraignent la production et la diffusion de recherches en français dans les collèges et les universités du Québec. Les résultats tirés d’un questionnaire (n = 819) et d’entretiens (n = 8) suggèrent que les facteurs qui encouragent l’utilisation du français...
https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/10063 The objective of this article is to determine if the work of full-time professors in Canada varies depending on the type of universities in which they are employed. A nonparametric comparison of multivariate samples based on data from the Academic Profession in the Knowledge Society (APIKS) survey was used t...
L’expansion et l’accélération du phénomène géospatial de la mondialisation a superposé aux champs nationaux d’ES un champ mondialisé marqué par diverses dynamiques de concurrence. Deux de ces dynamiques ont d’ailleurs particulièrement transformé les champs nationaux. Nous postulons cependant que les effets de ces deux dynamiques de concurrence mond...
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...
Higher education is a policy field crossed by multiple issues that often have a global resonance but are framed based upon local idiosyncrasies. This chapter examines how policies give sense and address the four following issues: (1) access, success and social mobility; (2) skills and employment; (3) research, innovation and economic development; a...
As scientific research is increasingly the product of international collaborations, this chapter aims at examining the relationship between international research collaboration practices and outcomes in Canada, Finland, Germany, Japan, and Lithuania. Relying upon the theory of scientific and technical human capital, and proceeding to correlations a...
This article aims to assess among Canadian university professors 1) the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics (i.e., age, gender, citizenship, parental education, language, province) and collaboration and the co-writing of publications with international colleagues, and 2) the relationship between the collaboration with internation...
Despite a growing awareness of academic entrepreneurship undertaken by professors around the globe, there remain unanswered questions regarding how individual and organizational characteristics shape academics’ decision to engage in entrepreneurial activities. Drawing on data from the 2017–18 Academic Profession in the Knowledge-based Society (APIK...
This study uses Knight’s (2004) framework of internationalization in higher education to examine emerging trends involving international students at Canadian public community colleges. The findings show that the provinces’ socioeconomic and cultural differences and immigration policies have had a substantial effect on the number of international st...
This paper examines professors’ perceptions of internationalization activities at Canadian universities using the findings of the Academic Profession in the Knowledge-based Society (APIKS) survey. The findings suggest academic disciplines are the organizing logic for diverse manifestations of internationalization within the same universities. Profe...
Universities play essential roles in Canadian society. The internal and external governance of these complex institutions faces ever-evolving challenges within a rapidly shifting international context.
Written by a national team of scholars, University Governance in Canada asks how institutional decisions are made and who is behind these choices....
La recherche universitaire est une activité qui transcende les frontières géographiques et qui se construit à même des expertises, des ressources, une mobilité et des collaborations internationales L’objectif de cet article est d’examiner l’influence perçue de l’internationalisation sur la production de recherche par les professeurs d’universités à...
This chapter examines the relationship between teaching and research at Canada’s universities via the perceptions of full-time professors. Data from the 2007 Changing Academic Profession (CAP) and the 2018 Academic Profession in the Knowledge-Based Society (APIKS) surveys are analysed to determine how professors perceive their institutions’ orienta...
The Canadian province of Quebec is home to a unique type of higher education institution known as the cégep (collège d’enseignement général et professionnel). Lodged between high school and university and frequented by the vast majority of high school graduates, the cégep offers a curriculum that can either prepare for university studies or for a t...
Resumen: La pandemia del COVID-19 ha interpelado a una multitud de actores y sectores a llevar a cabo una acción colectiva para resolver la dramática crisis sanitaria mundial, reavivando un problema recurrente en la historia de la humanidad: la coordinación de acciones, o la falta de ella. La ciencia no ha sido la excepción: la competencia desenfre...
A pandemia COVID-19 tem desafiado uma infinidade de atores e de setores a realizar ações coletivas para resolver a dramática crise global de saúde, revivendo um problema recorrente na história da humanidade: a coordenação das ações, ou a falta dela. A ciência não tem exceção: a concorrência desenfreada de países e empresas farmacêuticas para gerar...
This chapter presents the structure of the Canadian higher education system and the relationship between Canadian universities and research and development (R&D) at the national level. In Canada, the constitutional jurisdiction for higher education resides at the provincial level. Research and development constitute a large portion of the federal g...
At the core of New Public Management (NPM) reforms sit the concept of accountability of publicly funded organizations. In Canada, it is suggested that provinces have increased the number of accountability procedures imposed to universities and those measures would have had an impact on professors' academic workload. This study relies on the Canadia...
Cet article s’inscrit dans une étude sur les innovations pédagogiques qui découlent des transformations dans le monde de l’enseignement supérieur contemporain. En s’appuyant sur une étude de portée de 105 documents, cet article explore les fondements et les applications de quatre approches pédagogiques innovantes : les approches inductives, expérie...
This article compares how faculty members from British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec perceive the influence of federal and provincial policy instruments on the level of academic research production in their province. Mean scores, and a MANOVA followed by Dunnett C post-hoc tests based on a questionnaire completed by 786 participants reveal that prof...
In the global academic capitalist race, academics, institutions and countries’ symbolic power results from the accumulation of scientific capital. This paper relies on the perspectives of system actors located at the institutional, national and international levels to assess the perceived importance of eight systemic factors in contributing to the...
This article is concerned with the differences in REB policy and application processes across Canada as they impact multi-jurisdictional, higher education research projects that collect data at universities themselves. Despite the guiding principles of the Tri-Council Policy Statement 2 (TCPS2) there is significant variation among the practices of...
This article is concerned with the differences in REB policy and application processes across Canada as they impact multi-jurisdictional, higher education research projects that collect data at universities themselves. Despite the guiding principles of the Tri-Council Policy Statement 2 (TCPS2) there is significant variation among the practices of...
Trade-offs between quality and equality are at the forefront of multiple debates in higher education, and one conceptual tool to approach societies' adjustment in resolving these trade-offs is the welfare regime typology. Relying on the theory of academic capitalism and using research production as a proxy for quality in higher education, this stud...
en 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 Ott...
In order to fulfill their missions, research universities must maintain conditions and capacity for knowledge production and dissemination, while responding to the expectations of governments, other stakeholders, and/or markets. That universities succeed in this quest is vital, not only for their own future as organizations but also for the benefit...
Les sociétés du savoir ont de nombreuses exigences à l’égard des universités ; or il est suggéré que ces dernières répondraient plus adéquatement à ces exigences lorsqu’elles sont autonomes (Altbach et Balán, 2007). Cet article vise à mettre en lumière diverses dimensions de l’encadrement du système universitaire québécois par l’État relativement à...
In order to fulfill their missions, research universities must maintain conditions and capacity for knowledge production and dissemination, while responding to the expectations of governments, other stakeholders, and/or markets. That universities succeed in this quest is vital, not only for their own future as organizations but also for the benefit...
Les sociétés du savoir ont de nombreuses exigences à l’égard des universités ; or il est suggéré que ces dernières répondraient plus adéquatement à ces exigences lorsqu’elles sont autonomes (Altbach et Balán, 2007). Cet article vise à mettre en lumière diverses dimensions de l’encadrement du système universitaire québécois par l’État relativement à...
In the global race for academic prestige, early-career researchers (ECRs) play a pivotal role in countries’ research production. The objective of this paper is to analyse the perceived contribution of ECR to research production in Nordic higher education systems (HES). Based on 56 interviews with actors from different organisations in the Danish, F...
Le processus d'internationalisation des établissements d'enseignement technique suit une évolution qui lui est propre et qui est fortement influencée par le contexte géopolitique local (Gallagher & Dennison, 1995). Cette étude analyse l'évolution des activités internationales et des stratégies organisationnelles des collèges d'enseignement général...
Le processus d’internationalisation des établissements d’enseignement technique suit une évolution qui lui est propre et qui est fortement influencée par le contexte géopolitique local (Gallagher & Dennison, 1995). Cette étude analyse l’évolution des activités internationales et des stratégies organisationnelles des collèges d’enseignement général...
Focusing on the case of Quebec general and vocational colleges (collèges d’enseignement general et professionnel – CEGEPs), this chapter will explore how colleges’ responses to global challenges may relate symbiotically with the nature of the higher education system in which they are embedded, and thus preserve their singularity in the global era....
Public research funding is both a symbol of the relationship between the state and universities, and a powerful policy instrument to influence the direction and nature of research. This study analyses the perspectives of Danish, Finish, Norwegian and Swedish system actors regarding the impact of block, competitive, strategic and excellence funding...
Public research funding is both a symbol of the relationship between the state and universities, and a powerful policy instrument to influence the direction and nature of research. This study analyses the perspectives of Danish, Finish, Norwegian, and Swedish system actors regarding the impact of block, competitive, strategic, and excellence fundin...
In the global academic capitalist race, academics, institutions and countries’ symbolic power results from the accumulation of scientific capital (or research production), as acknowledged by rankings and other bibliometrics. Previous studies suggested Anglo-Saxon higher education systems (HES) dominated the academic field, but per capita analyses s...
Public research funding is both a symbol of the relationship between the state and universities, and a powerful policy instrument to influence the direction and nature of research. This study analyses
the perspectives of Danish, Finish, Norwegian, and Swedish system actors regarding the impact of block, competitive, strategic, and excellence fundin...
Deyrich, M-C., Bian, C. & Bégin-Caouette, O. (2016). Internationalisation, pédagogie et réformes de l'enseignement supérieur à l'heure de la mondialisation. Éducation comparée, no15, 7-17.
http://web.mediateam.fr/afec/revue-education-comparee/abonnement-ou-adhesion/
Depuis leur création, les universités sont des établissements dont la mission est...
Purpose: In its traditional form, academic capitalism describes how higher education systems (HES) integrate with the new economy. Focusing on a distinct yet intersecting power struggle, Münch’s (2014) theory of academic capitalism rather explains how academic, institutions and countries accumulate, invest and convert capital to maintain or enhance...
Academic research systems (ARS) play a fundamental role in post-industrial societies. Using the lenses of comparative political-economy, this article (1) explores correspondence between 16 OECD countries and 12 ARS indicators, and (2) examines the extent to which Esping-Andersen’s welfare regime typology explains this correspondence. The non-parame...
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cidec/UserFiles/File/Website/Compendium_GBP_Final_Jan_2016.pdf
Since their inception, universities have been global institutions. In the Middle Age, Latin was the lingua franca and students were traveling across Europe to study law in Bologna, theology in Paris and philosophy in Oxford (Neave, 2001). If higher education...
The current position of knowledge in our societies is unprecedented (Pestre, 2003), not only as a consequence of economic evolution, but also because of social, technological and geo-spatial transformations. New societal challenges require leading-edge expertise; technology makes knowledge accessible, transmissible and open; and, the locus of knowl...
International experience is said to promote students’ intercultural sensitivity, employability and academic achievement; yet few community college students go abroad during their studies. This study aims to identify which organizational strategies are related to the participation rate in study abroad programs (SAPs). Taking the case of Quebec gener...
http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1337&context=cie-eci
This study describes the design and implementation processes of globally networked learning environments (GNLEs) in a college environment and discusses how these processes may contribute to instructors' professional learning. A thematic analysis was conducted on five interviews w...
International experience is said to promote students’ intercultural sensitivity, employability and academic achievement; yet few community college students go abroad during their studies. This study aims to identify which organizational strategies are related to the participation rate in study abroad programs (SAPs). Taking the case of Quebec gener...
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 electio...
Analysis of the relationships between the university and non-university sectors in Ontario and Quebec.
Community colleges were created to respond to the specific needs of their local community, yet the growing transnational connections established between institutions seem to give the “local”, a global outlook. Based on a survey to which 39 of Québec general and vocational colleges (CEGEPs) - 81% of the population - responded, this article uses freq...
Through a case study of Québec’s general and vocational colleges (cégeps), this article analyzes the role that institutions play in internationalizing the in-service training they provide to their teachers, and explains how partnerships with educational institutions in developing countries contribute to this process. Data from a questionnaire compl...
This major research paper uses Knight’s framework (1999, 2004) to define the internationalization process occurring in Quebec general and vocational colleges (i.e. cegeps ). The data collected from 39 cegeps (81% of the population) show that internationalization is primarily motivated by academic and socio-cultural rationales and is realized throug...
Building on the findings of Cormier, Lessard, Valois and Toupin (1981), which showed teachers' diverse perspectives on education, the objective of this study is to determine whether teachers who work in alternative or regular school setting have different values regarding education. The study Questionnaire de Valeurs en Éducation (Perron, 1981a) wa...
