This eighth edition of the annual inventory of research on higher education in Canada contains descriptions of over 380 research, innovative, and experimental projects currently in progress or completed in 1979. The projects, entered in the language in which they were reported (English or French), are in six categories: general (accreditation, organization and structure, research, history, philosophy, objectives, Canadian studies, pedagogical services, bibliographies, status of women, international development); administration, finance, and manpower; curriculum and teaching; academic and nonacademic staff; students; and extension and continuing education. Information on each project includes: title, a brief description, estimated date of completion, researchers' names and addresses, a source of details if other than primary researchers, and title and other information on any publications resulting from the work. This is a supplement to and not a replacement of previous inventories. (MSE)