Universities and some number games

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Date Recorded
1976-10-12
Date Digitized
2024
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
01:02:12
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1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction

05:00 Baker begins speaking

06:00 Discussion of the purposes of a university

07:00 Discussion of the function of a university across different countries

09:00 Discussion of cultural similarities common to universities

10:00 Discussion of the University of Toronto and the University of Notre Dame

11:30 Discussion of differences in the quality of education at different universities

13:00 Discussion of the similarity in the best students among different universities

15:00 Discussion of the common purpose of a university

17:30 Discussion of academics who agree upon the above defined purpose of a university

19:30 Discussion of the similarities among universities in spite of their ostensibly different backgrounds

20:30 Discussion of the St Scholastica Day riot

21:30 Discussion of what a 'real' university is to teach and the manner in which it teaches it

24:00 Discussion of the Soviet system of universities

26:30 Discussion of quantitative analysis in universities and research

30:00 Discussion of the increase in universities making decisions without consulting quantitative analysis

32:00 Discussion in changes to credit systems in universities

33:30 Discussion of changes in hours of courses

35:00 Discussion of faculty perspectives of the numbers involved in academia

37:00 Discussion of the role of quantitative analysis in universities in the Maritimes

39:00 Discussion of quantitative statistics related to Maritime universities

43:00 Discussion of statistics in academic sports, scholarly publication

45:00 Discussion of analysis of scholarly journals

47:00 Discussion of implications of quantitative analysis of various faculties

49:30 Discussion of the rise of quantification of universities in relation to the increase in universities being dependent on public funding

51:00 Discussion of quantitative statistics in relation to accountability

57:30 Discussion of the role of a university president

01:00:30 End of Baker's lecture