Getting Value for Money in Higher Education

Tenure Issues in Higher Education

The system of tenure that dominates American higher education has long been a source of controversy. Tenure has been attacked for entrenching a lazy professoriate, more interested in attending faraway conferences and producing unreadable research than in teaching or in developing practical insights, and has long been defended as an absolute necessity for the defense of open intellectual inquiry...

Healthcare in Canada's North: Are We Getting Value for Money?

OBJECTIVE To determine if Canadians are getting value for money in providing health services to our northern residents. METHOD Secondary analyses of data from Statistics Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Information and territorial government agencies on health status, health expenditures and health system performance indicators. RESULTS Per capita health expenditures in Canada's nor...

Health Care Systems: Getting More Value for Money

Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Higher Education Teaching Spaces - A Methodological Approach

In the general facilities management literature, it is assumed that there is a causal link between facilities management practices and performance. The role of facilities management in facilitating organisational performance, and thereby in providing competitive advantage, is widely acknowledged. However, the mechanisms of how this happens in higher educational establishments are quite unclear,...

Increasing value for money in the Canadian healthcare system: new findings and the case for integrated care for seniors.

Given the recent economic climate and increasing costs in the Canadian healthcare system, we must ensure that we are getting the best value for money possible. This article presents new findings and a broad weight of evidence to make the case that it is possible to obtain better value for money in our healthcare system by adopting models of integrated care delivery for seniors and others with o...