Kirby, D., Barbour, M. K., & Sharpe, D. (2012). Student perceptions and preferences for tertiary online courses: Does prior high school distance learning make a difference? American Journal of Distance Education, 26(1), 34-49.
Kirby, D. (2011). Strategies for widening access in a quasi-market higher education environment: Recent developments in Canada. Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 62(3), 267-278.
Kirby, D., & Sharpe, D. (2011). Intention, transition, retention: Examining high school distance e-learners’ participation in tertiary education. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 7(1), 21-32.
Kirby, D., & Gardner, M. (2010). The schooling they need: Voicing student perspectives on their fourth year in senior high school. Canadian Journal of Education, 33(1), 108-139.
Kirby, D., & Sharpe, D. (2010). An examination of rural secondary students’ post-secondary education decisions. Canadian Journal of Career Development, 9(1), 4-14.
Kirby, D., & Sharpe, D. (2010). High school students in the new learning environment: A profile of distance e-learners. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 9(1), 83-88.
Kirby, D., Sharpe, D., Bourgeois, M., & Greene, M. (2010). Graduates of the new learning environment: A follow-up study of high school distance e-learners. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 11(3), 161-173.
Dodd, C., Kirby, D., Seifert, T., & Sharpe, D. (2009). The impact of high school distance e-learning experience on rural students’ university achievement and persistence. The Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 12(1).
Kirby, D. (invited, 2009). Widening access: Making the transition from mass to universal post-secondary education in Canada. Journal of Applied Research on Learning, 2(Special Issue, Article 3), 1-17.
Kirby, D., Curran, V., & Hollett, A. (2009). Not-for-credit adult learning programs at Canadian post-secondary institutions: Trends, issues and practices. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 35(2), 63-86.
Chapman, L., & Kirby, D. (2008). A critical analysis of the benefits and limitations of an applied degree in undergraduate nursing education. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 21(4), 73-84.
Kirby, D. (2008). Advancing articulation: Models of inter-institutional collaboration in Canadian post-secondary education. College Quarterly, 11(4).
Kirby, D. (2008). Globalization and post-secondary education policy in Canada: A review of trends. Canadian and International Education, 37(2), 1-17.
Kirby, D., & Cameron, M. (invited, 2008). Blogging in academe. Academic Matters: The Journal of Higher Education, (Winter), 16-20.
Kirby, D. (2007). Change and challenge: Ontario’s collaborative baccalaureate nursing programs. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 37(2), 29-46.
Kirby, D. (2007). Reviewing Canadian post-secondary education: Post-secondary education policy in post-industrial Canada. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 65, 1-24.
Kirby, D., & Conlon, M. (2005). Comparing the economic experiences of rural and urban university students. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 51(1), 4-17.
Kirby, D. (2003). A historical overview of the Canadian federal government’s student financial assistance policies. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 33(1), 61-70.
Kirby, D. (2002). Statistics and the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 32(3), 111-119.
Kirby, D., & Sharpe, D. (2001). Student attrition from Newfoundland and Labrador’s public college. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 47(4), 353-368.
Selected Technical Reports
Kirby, D., Bourgeois, M., Greene, M., & Sharpe, D. (2011). Matriculating eastward: Maritime student migration to Newfoundland Labrador. St. John's, NL: Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Kirby, D. (2009). Recent provincial post-secondary education reviews: What was said? What was done? Montreal, PQ: Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation.
Curran, V., Kirby, D., & Hollett, A. (2009). Institutional investment in support of non-standard adult learners: Final report. Ottawa, ON: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
Gardner, M., & Kirby, D. (2009). We know what we need to graduate: Student perspectives on their fourth year in senior high school. St. John's, NL: Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Kirby, D. (2008). Baccalaureate nursing education program models: A literature review prepared for the Saskatchewan Academic Health Sciences Network. Saskatoon, SK: Saskatchewan Academic Health Sciences Network.
