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Quality assurance council

Item is a letter sent to Axelrod by Sam Scully, chair of the Quality Council Audit Committee of the Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance, thanking Axelrod for his service as chair of the committee in 2013-2014.

Rae Report 2004

File consists of a memorandum and notes pertaining to an evaluation by Axelrod, in his role as dean of the Faculty of Education at York University, of the discussion paper produced by the Rae Commission.

Rankings : Faculty of Education

Item is a memorandum written by Sheila Embleton to Axelrod on the subject of information for ranking and comparing Faculties of Education in Ontario, including her notes about the unique features of the Faculty of Education at York University.

Rankings article 2014

Item is an article entitled "Op-ed describes university rankings as flawed intellectual shortcuts" published on the Academica Group website. The article references Axelrod's 10 November 2014 op-ed piece for the National Post newspaper.

Regent Park : Faculty of Education

File consists of correspondence and notes pertaining to York University's Faculty of Education teacher education site in Regent Park in Toronto and the effect of community redevelopment projects on York's program in 2008. Included is a video recording of Axelrod speaking at the 2002 opening of the Faculty's teacher education site in Regent Park.

Research : Faculty of Education

File consists of spreadsheets detailing Faculty of Education tenure-stream appointments between 2001 and 2005 and external research grants awarded to faculty members between 1999 and 2005.

Research and writing files

Series consists of records pertaining to the research, writing, editing, publication and promotion of Axelrod’s books, including his PhD thesis, "The economy, government and the universities of Ontario, 1945-1973”, which was republished as "Scholars and dollars: politics, economics and the universities of Ontario, 1945-1980", "Making a middle class: student life in English Canada during the Thirties", "Transitions: schooling and employment in Canada" (co-editor with Paul Anisef), "The promise of schooling: education in Canada, 1800-1914", "Youth, university and Canadian society: essays in the social history of higher education" (co-editor with John G. Reid), "Opportunity and uncertainty: life course experiences of the class of '73" (co-writer with Paul Anisef), "Values in conflict: the university, the marketplace and the trials of liberal education" and "Knowledge matters: essays in honour of Bernard J. Shapiro" (editor), as well as his various articles, reviews, conference papers, and commentaries. Records in this series are research materials, correspondence, draft manuscripts, audio recordings, photographs, interview transcripts, book proofs, reader reports, publishing contracts, speaking notes and promotional materials.

Research at York : video : Steve Mason

File consists of a video recording featuring Steve Mason, a professor of history at York University, created as a test for a project to promote the humanities at York. Included is Axelrod's letter to the file, which explains the context for the creation of the video.

Research officer : Faculty of Education

File consists of correspondence, memoranda, a work plan and a report pertaining to the position of research officer in York's Faculty of Education between 2004 and 2006.

Review : "Bankrupt education"

Item is a Axelrod's review of this book, written by Peter C. Emberley and Waller R. Newell and published by the University of Toronto Press in 1994.

Review : student writings on "Scholars and dollars"

Item is a paper by Robert Clift entitled "'But where's the money?' A historiographical analysis of Paul Axelrod's 'Scholars and dollars'", written for HIED 565A, taught by Bill Bruneau at the University of British Columbia.

Review of Brison, "Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada"

File consists of correspondence and a copy-edited version of this review by Axelrod of Jeffrey D. Brison's book, "Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada: American philanthropy and the arts and letters in Canada", published by the American Historical Review.

Review of Cross and Kealey : "Readings in Canadian social history"

Item is a book review of "Readings in Canadian social history", a book edited by Michael Cross and Gregory Kealey in which an essay by Axelrod is featured. This review, published in "Revue d'histoire de l'Amerique Francaise" and written in French, includes a paragraph about Axelrod's essay.

Shapiro article : drafts

File consists of drafts and reader comments pertaining to Axelrod's article entitled "'I had ideas!': the educational journey of Bernard J. Shapiro", published in "Knowledge matters".

Shapiro book contract

File consists of copies of contracts between Axelrod and the contributors for this book, as well as correspondence exchanged with editors and contributors pertaining to edits of the manuscript of "Knowledge matters".

Shapiro conference : McGill : 2002

File consists of a conference program, correspondence and newspaper article pertaining to a one-day colloquium on the theme of "The evolving university: knowledge, the state and the market", in honour of Bernard Shapiro on the occasion of his retirement as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, held on 20 November 2002.

Shapiro interviews

File consists of Axelrod's notes and draft interview questions pertaining to his interviews conducted with Bernard Shapiro on 2 July 2003 and 7 August 2003. Also included is a copy of Shapiro's CV and a newspaper clipping about Shapiro's appointment as Ethics Commissioner of Canada.

Shapiro, Bernard : correspondence

File consists of Axelrod's correspondence exchanged with Bernard Shapiro and others pertaining to the anthology of colloquium essays in his honour, edited by Axelrod, entitled "Opportunity and uncertainty". Included are biographies of contributors to the book. Photographs in this file depict Axelrod, Hanna Gray, and Beatrice Kowaliczko at the colloquium honouring Bernard Shapiro on 20 November 2002.

Smith Award 2007

File consists of a letter and a report of a meeting of the Council of Ontario Universities pertaining to the David C. Smith Award for Significant Contribution to Scholarship and Policy on Higher Education in Canada, awarded to Axelrod in 2007.

Social science

File consists of correspondence pertaining to Axelrod's departure from the York University Division of Social Science to take the deanship at the Faculty of Education, as well as his 8 September 2000 retirement speech for colleagues Henryk Falkierski and Arthur Siegel.

Social science 5-year plan

File consists of a draft and final version of York University Division of Social Science's five-year planning document.

Social science departure 2001

Item is a letter written by Axelrod to his colleagues in York University's division of Social Science on the occasion of his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Education and his departure from the division.

Social science retreat 1998 : Axelrod presentation

File consists of records pertaining to the York University Division of Social Science retreat held on 21 Apr. 1998, including a copy of the Division's plan for July 1998 to July 2002, a retreat itinerary, a paper by Judy Hellman, and a copy of Axelrod's paper entitled "Does liberal education have a future?". Included are background materials including a Division of Social Science program review.

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