The Politics of Exclusion in Graduate

How do Canadian graduate students experience institutional funding? The Politics of Exclusion in Graduate Education answers this question by offering an in-depth examination into the nature of institutional funding arrangements from graduate students' standpoint. It explores the students' perspectives on access to funding, and the impact on their learning experience. The focus on graduate students is timely in the ongoing discussion of neoliberal education policies and the resulting commercialization of higher education in Canada. This study links current discussions about the direction of higher education funding and the impact for accessible and inclusive education. How do graduate students negotiate institutional arrangements to accommodate the funding practices they encounter? What does their competition for the scarce resources imply? The Politics of Exclusion in Graduate Education is both a reflection on the current state of the graduate experience, as well as a directive forward to a more inclusive process of allocating resources across graduate faculties and institutions.

Introduction	p. 11
Statement of the Problem	p. 18
Background	p. 18
Situating Myself	p. 20
Justification of the Study	p. 25
Defining the Problem	p. 27
Research Objectives and Key Questions	p. 29
Summary	p. 30
Literature Review	p. 33
Comparative Perspective in
Higher Education Restructuring	p. 34
Socio-political Context of Resource Allocation in Canada	p. 38
Era of Expansion	p. 39
Resource Constraints and Restructuring	p. 41
Discourse on Managing Decline	p. 42
Access, Equity, and Diversity in Higher Education	p. 43
Access	p. 43
Equity	p. 45
Diversity	p. 48
Addressing Limitations in Literature	p. 49
Questions of Theory in Resource Allocation	p. 53
Theoretical Framework and Methodology	p. 59
Theoretical / Discursive Framework	p. 59
Anti-racist Discursive Framework	p. 60
Standpoint Epistemology	p. 64
Cultural Capital Theory	p. 66
Methodology	p. 68
Qualitative Research	p. 68
Data Collection	p. 70
Document Collection	p. 70
Interviews	p. 71
Interview Process	p. 72
The ResearcherÆs Role	p. 75
Listening and Probing	p. 78
Maintaining a Journal	p. 79
Ethical Issues	p. 80
Access	p. 80
Informed consent	p. 81
Participation	p. 82
Confidentiality and Anonymity	p. 82
Protection from Harm	p. 83
Releasing Information	p. 83
Grounded Theory	p. 84
Comparing Data	p. 85
Coding Data	p. 85
Data Interpretation	p. 86
Limitations or Challenges	p. 87
Summary	p. 89
Race, Class, Gender and Age Matter in Funding	p. 91
Race	p. 92
Class	p. 100
Gender	p. 106
Age	p. 110
Summary	p. 116
Role of Funding in Producing Graduate Students	p. 117
The Role of Funding	p. 117
Academic Role of Funding	p. 117
Institutional Role of Funding	p. 124
Financial Role of Funding	p. 129
Dis /Empowering Role of Funding	p. 132
Inadequacy of Funding	p. 137
Tuition	p. 138
Living Expenses	p. 142
StudentsÆ Development	p. 145
Summary	p. 150
Sites and Sources of Funding	p. 151
Internal Funding	p. 152
Funded Students: Teaching and Research Assistants	p. 152
Non-funded Students: Non-Assistants	p. 160
External Funding	p. 169
External Scholarships and Awards	p. 169
Working Outside the University	p. 177
Funding and Supervision	p. 186
Access to Supervisor	p. 186
Quality of Supervision	p. 189
Completion Time	p. 191
Funding and Career Decision-Making	p. 195
Summary	p. 198
Funding as an Exclusionary Practice	p. 199
Implications for Future Research	p. 199
Gate-keeping and ôBorder Crossingö	p. 199
StudentsÆ Resistance	p. 204
Academic Value	p. 209
Recommendations	p. 213
Administrative Practices	p. 213
Pedagogical Practices	p. 216
University-Student Relations	p. 218
Future Directions	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 223
Appendices	p. 239
Interview Guide for Graduate Students	p. 239
Interview Guide for Administrators	p. 240
Graduate Student Letter of Informed Consent	p. 241
Administrator Letter of Informed Consent	p. 243
Graduate StudentsÆ Flyer	p. 245
AdministratorsÆ Flyer	p. 246
Graduate StudentsÆ Interviews	p. 247
AdministratorsÆ Interviews	p. 251
SSHRC Guide Line for Faculty	p. 252
StudentsÆ Scholarship Proposals	p. 253
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