Taking Public Universities Seriously

IntroductionFrank Iacobucci and Carolyn Tuohy Part 1The Challenges Confronting Public UniversitiesThe Role of Public Universities in the Move to Mass Higher Education: Some Reflections on the Experience of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and ChinaRuth Hayhoe and Qiang ZhaAustralian Higher Education: Crossroads or Crisis?Stephen ParkerDiverse Challenges, Diverse SolutionsBahram BekhradniaThe Principal Challenges to Public Higher Education in the United StatesAndrew A. SorensonWhat Is a 'Public' University?Donald N. LangenbergChallenges Facing Higher Education in America: Lessons and OpportunitiesSteven J. RosenstoneTowards a New Compact in University Education in OntarioRonald J. Daniels and Michael J. TrebilcockPart 2Rationales for and Modes of Public InterventionPublic Funding of Teaching and Research in Universities: A View from the SouthPeter Dawkins and Ross WilliamsThe Social Benefits of Education: New Evidence on an Old QuestionW. Craig RiddellThe Case for Public Investment in the HumanitiesDavid DyzenhausOn Complex Intersections: Ontario Universities and GovernmentsGlen A. JonesEquality of Opportunity and University EducationAndrew GreenPart 3Responding to the Challenges: Performance-Based Government Operating and Capital SupportThe Unbearable Lightness of Being: Universities as PerformersJanice Gross SteinThe Political Economy of Performance FundingDan LangPublic Funding, Markets, and Quality: Assessing the Role of Market-Based Performance Funding for UniversitiesAndrew Green and Frank IacobucciPart 4Building Excellence: Graduate and Research SupportPost-secondary Education and Research: Whither Canadian Federalism?David M. CameronAnchors of Creativity: How Do Public Universities Create Competitive and Cohesive Communities?Meric S. Gertler and Tara VinodraiInnovation and Research Funding: The Role of Government SupportDavid A. WolfePost-secondary Education and Ontario's ProsperityJames MilwayThe University Research EnvironmentJohn R.G. Challis, José Sigouin, Judith Chadwick, and Michelle BroderickPart 5Governing the System: New Modes for Promoting Accountability, Transparency, and ResponsivenessThe Governance of Public Universities in Australia: Trends and Contemporary IssuesV. Lynn Meek and Martin HaydenDeliberative Democracy: The Role of Educational Research in Educational PolicyJane GaskellPublic Universities and the Public Interest: The Compelling Case for a Buffer between Universities and GovernmentLorne SossinPart 6Enhancing Accessibility: Normative Foundations for Income-Contingent Grant and Loan ProgramsHigher Education FundingNicholas BarrStudent Financial Aid: The Role of Loans and GrantsRoss FinniePublic and Private Benefits in Higher EducationArthur RipsteinAccess to Public Universities: Addressing Systemic InequalitiesMelissa S. WilliamsEducation, Equity, Economics: Can These Words Be in the Same Title?Arthur SweetmanAn Income-Contingent Financing Program for OntarioBenjamin Alarie and David DuffTiming the Payment of Tuition to Enhance Accessibility: a Graduate Tax?H. Lorne Carmichael