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An Awkward Time for the Universities

From: The Oppinionated Middle Ground

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In this chapter, Cowan traces sixty-two years of North American university life, from 1960 to 2008, arguing that institutions improved after the Second World War, plateaued, and have since entered a gradual decline.

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John Scott Cowan

John Cowan is a physiologist, professor, and university administrator who also has worked extensively in labour relations and written widely on society, public policy, defence and international tensions. VP at U of Ottawa, and later Queens’ U, he was Principal at RMC 1999-2008. He currently resides in Kingston, Ontario.