Description
Taking Public Universities Seriously includes all the papers given at this conference, and is enhanced by a comprehensive introduction by two of Canada's most prominent and experienced university administrators, Frank Iacobucci and Carolyn Tuohy.
Chapter
Part I: The Challenges Confronting Public Universities
The Role of Public Universities in the Move to Mass Higher Education: Some Reflections on the Experience of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China
Australian Higher Education: Crossroads or Crisis?
Diverse Challenges, Diverse Solutions
The Principal Challenges to Public Higher Education in the United States
What Is a ‘Public’ University?
Challenges Facing Higher Education in America: Lessons and Opportunities
Towards a New Compact in University Education in Ontario
Part II: The Case for the Public University: Rationales for and Modes of Public Intervention
Public Funding of Teaching and Research in Universities: A View from the South
The Social Benefits of Education: New Evidence on an Old Question
The Case for Public Investment in the Humanities
On Complex Intersections: Ontario Universities and Governments
Equality of Opportunity and University Education
Part III: Responding to the Challenges: Performance-Based Government Operating and Capital Support
The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Universities as Performers
The Political Economy of Performance Funding
Public Funding, Markets, and Quality: Assessing the Role of Market-Based Performance Funding for Universities
Part IV: Building Excellence: Graduate and Research Support
Post-secondary Education and Research: Whither Canadian Federalism?
Anchors of Creativity: How Do Public Universities Create Competitive and Cohesive Communities?
Innovation and Research Funding: The Role of Government Support
Post-secondary Education and Ontario’s Prosperity
The University Research Environment
Part V: Governing the System: New Modes for Promoting Accountability, Transparency, and Responsiveness
The Governance of Public Universities in Australia: Trends and Contemporary Issues
Deliberative Democracy: The Role of Educational Research in Educational Policy
Public Universities and the Public Interest: The Compelling Case for a Buffer between Universities and Government
Part VI: Enhancing Accessibility: Normative Foundations for Income-Contingent Grant and Loan Programs
Student Financial Aid: The Roles of Loans and Grants
Public and Private Benefits in Higher Education
Access to Public Universities: Addressing Systemic Inequalities
Education, Equity, Economics: Can These Words Be in the Same Title?
An Income-Contingent Financing Program for Ontario
Timing the Payment of Tuition to Enhance Accessibility: A Graduate Tax?
Taking Public Universities Seriously
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