Taking Public Universities Seriously / / ed. by Frank Iacobucci, Carolyn Tuohy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Alarie, Benjamin,; Barr, Nicholas,; Bekhradnia, Bahram,; Broderick, Michelle,; Cameron, David M.,; Carmichael, H. Lorne,; Chadwick, Judith,; Challis, John R.G.,; Daniels, Ronald J.,; Dawkins, Peter,; Duff, David,; Dyzenhaus, David,; Finnie, Ross,; Gaskell, Jane,; Gertler, Meric S.,; Green, Andrew,; Hayden, Martin,; Hayhoe, Ruth,; Iacobucci, Edward,; Jones, Glen A.,; Lang, Daniel W.,; Langenberg, Donald N.,; Meek, V. Lynn,; Milway, James,; Parker, Stephen,; Riddell, W. Craig,; Ripstein, Arthur,; Rosenstone, Steven J.,; Sigouin, José,; Sorensen, Andrew A.,; Sossin, Lorne,; Stein, Janice Gross,; Sweetman, Arthur,; Trebilcock, Michael J.,; Vinodrai, Tara,; Williams, Melissa S.,; Williams, Ross,; Wolfe, David A.,; Zha, Qiang,
• HerausgeberIn: Iacobucci, Frank,; Tuohy, Carolyn,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (650 p.)

The Government of Ontario recently announced a comprehensive review of the design and funding of the province's post-secondary education system, chaired by former premier Bob Rae. The issues and opportunities confronting Ontario and Canadian research universities are by no means unique. Many in...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• 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
• Higher Education Funding
• 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?