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The survey sample includes 1,225 professors from all Québec universities who responded in 1984–1985. Results show strong support for selective admissions, market orientation, pursuit of non-governmental funds, protection of less viable departments, closing Québec’s technological gap, and greater institutional autonomy. 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impact of environmental andorganizational variables on professors'perspectives on the future of theuniversity is analyzed.The sample consists of 1225 university professors of allQuébec universities who answered a survey questionnaire in the fall of 1984and the winter of 1985.More than two thirds of respondents (76,2%)advocatea greater selectivity in university admissions.A majority(55,4%)agree with amarket orientation of universities.Approximately 90%are in favour of thesearch for non-governmental funds.Almost two thirds (63,7%)think that lessviable departments should be protected.A strong majority (80,7%)support aclosing of the technological gap of Québec society.Finally,80%favour greateruniversity autonomy.Regression analyses show that area of specialization ofdepartment is related to all future issues,while language of department isrelated to four of them.Organizational variables,particularly decline,did notprove to be decisive factors in determining professors'perspectives.With theexception of sex,control variables were not consistently related to future issues.  \ntRevised version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the AmericanEducational Research Association,San Francisco,March 27-31,1989.The authorsthank Raymond Fournier,Faculty of Education,Université de Montreal,for hisassistance in data analysis.The authors also thank Darell Lewis of the University ofMinnesota and Clement Dassa of the Université de Montreal for their most valuablecomments.Comments and suggestions by two anonymous reviewers were very helpfulin revising the paper.All inaccuracies are,however,the authors'sole responsibility.Thisresearch was jointly funded by the Formation de chercheurs et aide à la recherche(Government of Québec)and by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council(Government of Canada).  \n*Faculté des sciences de I'éducation,Université de Montreal,Canada**Universidad de Carabobo,Venezuela  \nSince explained variances are low,further research is needed to moreadequately account for professors'perspectives.  \n## Résumé\n\nDans cet article,les auteurs analysent,à partir de la théorie de la contingence,quelles pourraient être les consequences de changements d'organisation etd'environnement sur les perspectives des professeurs sur I'université dedemain.L'échantillon se compose de 1225 professeurs d'universités,enseignant dans des établissements situés au Québec et qui ont répondu ausondage réalisé en automne 1984-hiver 1985.Plus des deux tiers desrépondants,soit 76,2 %,sont partisans d'une plus grande sélection desétudiants avant leur entrée à I'université.La majorité(55,4 %)croit qu'uneconsidération plus poussée des tendances du marché du travail au sein desuniversités est une bonne chose et 90%souhaitent que le financement desuniversités soit constitué pour une plus grande part de fonds privés.Presque lesdeux tiers (63,7%)pensent qu'il faut proteger les secteurs moins rentables etune large majorité(80,7 %)souhaite que le Québec mette finà son retardtechnologique.Enfin,80 %des professeurs se disent en faveur d'une plusgrande autonomie des universités.Les analyses de régression montrent que ledomaine de spécialisation des différents secteurs se trouve au coeur de tous cesenjeux futurs tandis que la langue parlée à I'université en touche quatre.Lesvariables liees à l'organisation,notamment la décroissance n'ont pas sembléjouer un rôle décisif pour déterminer les perspectives davenir des professeurs.Les variables de contrôle,àlexception de celle relative au sexe,n'etaient pasreliees de maniere significetive aux perspectives des professeurs.Comme lesvariances expliquées sont faibles,d'autres recherches devront être entreprisesafin de donner une idée plus juste des perspectives davenir des professeursd'université.  \nDuring the past fifteen years,systems of h","cbCaily7PxA3RtaB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaily7PxA3RtaB","pdf",685610,25,"English","# Abstract\n## Résumé\n# The Future of the University\n## Contingency 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