Paul Axelrod

Paul Douglas Axelrod (born 11 December 1949)^[1] is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, of which he was dean until fall 2008. He has written widely on the history and political economy of schooling and higher education. Born in London, Ontario,^[1] he received a B.A. in history and political science from York University in 1972, an M.A. in History from the University of Toronto in 1973, and a doctorate in history from York in 1980. Before arriving at York in 1982, he taught at Queen's University.^[2]

He has received numerous honours, including the Distinguished Research Award from the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (1992), the Certificate of Merit from the Canadian Association of Foundations of Education (1999), and the Founders Prize from the Canadian History of Education Association.^[2]

Bibliography

Books

• Axelrod, P. (Ed.). (2004). Knowledge Matters: Essays in Honour of Bernard J. Shapiro. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
• Axelrod, P. D. (2002). Values in conflict: the university, the marketplace and the trials of liberal education. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
• Anisef, P., Axelrod, P., Baichman-Anisef, E., James, C., & Turrittin, A. H. (2000). Opportunity and uncertainty: life course experiences of the class of '73. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Axelrod, P. (1997, 1999, 2003). The promise of schooling: education in Canada, 1800-1914. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Axelrod, P. (1990). Making a middle class: student life in English Canada during the thirties. Montreal, PQ and Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen's University Press.
• Axelrod, P. (1982, 1986). Scholars and Dollars: Politics, Economics and the Universities of Ontario, 1945-1980. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.^[3]

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