First Annual Report. 1974-75 Ontario Council on University Affairs.

The first annual report of the Ontario Council on University Affairs was a prelude to a regular annual cycle that henceforth begins every March 1, and is intended to ensure that the Council, as Ontario's independent advisory body with respect to universities and certain other postsecondary educational institutions, is closely in step with the decision making processes of government. Its principal innovation was a memorandum to generate an agenda of important matters to which close attention will be given in the coming year. The matters include the further refinement of equity in institutional financing, the clarification of objectives designed to ensure adequate funding of bilingualism, and a thorough review of the financial and institutional dimensions of university education in Northern Ontario. Broader questions of particular import were outlined by the Council at the close of its inaugural. It raised questions with respect to such major topics as formula revision, tuition fees, accessibility, graduate studies, and the status of women. (Author/KE)