The Carnegie Foundation and Canadian Higher Education

Description

The purpose of this research project is to work collaboratively with the Carnegie Foundation for Teaching and Learning to research in more detail the extent of its investments in Canadian higher education (including rationales, funding, partners and legacy).  Such knowledge may assist putting into historical perspective the current Community Engagement Classification project, and situate this work within a longer term trajectory of American influence and capacity building for the sector.

This knowledge may in turn be of use to the PhiLab as it examines more broadly the role of foundations more generally within Canada, and the work they have undertaken in co-creating the communities and political economies that have come to define the Canadian state and its nations.

Scientific Articles

Peacock, D., Tompson, C. J. (2022). The Carnegie Corporation and Philanthropy in Canadian Higher Education: A Case Study on the University of Alberta’s Department of Extension. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 26 (2), 151-163.

Presentations

Thompson, C. (May 30, 2021). « It is very evident that there was a real need for this work”: Carnegie Grant making to the University of Alberta’s Department of Extension. [live online presentation]. Congress [CSSHE], University of Alberta.

Blog articles

Dr. David Peacock, Connor J. Thompson. (04 October 2020). The continuing influence of the Carnegie Foundation on Canadian post-secondary education. PhiLab.
Dr. David Peacock, Ngo, Sandra. A study by UAlberta’s Community Service-Learning and the Edmonton Social Planning Council is examining the impacts of Edmonton Community Foundation’s post-secondary awards for low-income students. Edmonton Community Foundation.

Affiliated Hub(s)

Research Axis

  • Axis 3 : Sectoral or regional portraits of philanthropy

Project supervisor

Team member(s)

  • Professor Matthew Johnson
    Carnegie Foundation

Student researcher(s)

Partner(s)

  • The Carnegie Foundation

Beginning date

  • March 2020

End date /projected end date

  • March 2021