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We provide strategic insight and guidance to governments, post-secondary institutions, and agencies through excellence and expertise in policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation, and strategic consulting services. Through these activities, HESA strives to improve the quality, efficacy, and fairness of higher education systems in Canada and worldwide.

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Featured Publications

Here is a collection of some of our most recent publicly available research. Check out our publications page to view our full archive.

Monitoring Trends in Academic Programs 4: Water thumbnail Monitoring Trends in Academic Programs 4: Water
2021 | Monitoring Trends in Academic Programs
Strengthening Regional Colleges in Canada thumbnail Strengthening Regional Colleges in Canada
2021 |
State of Postsecondary Education in Canada 2023 thumbnail State of Postsecondary Education in Canada 2023
2023 | State of Postsecondary Education
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One Thought to Start Your Day blog

One Thought to Start Your Day is our founder and CEO Alex Usher’s popular daily blog, brimming with up-to-the-minute insights and informed opinions on today’s higher education industry.

European Universities Association

When you think about big, visionary ideas in higher education, an abnormal number of them over the past few decades … Continued

European University Alliances

For a long time, whatever came out of Europe in terms of big higher education ideas made waves overseas. The … Continued

A Smart Paper on Access and Persistence

Last week Statistics Canada came out with a damn good paper on post-secondary access and persistence which I thought was … Continued

HESA’s AI Observatory: What’s new in higher education (May 12th, 2024)

Spotlight Good afternoon all,  In today’s newsletter, you’ll find articles about US community colleges’ responses to AI, recommendations on where … Continued

Higher Education in China

One of the things we try to do on this show is introduce people to various higher education systems around the world … Continued

Cité internationale universitaire de Paris

Nested between the Parc Monsouris and the Boulevard Péréphique, at the very southern end of the 14ieme arrondissement, lies the … Continued

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