On Complex Intersections: Ontario Universities and Governments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction xi
4. Part I. The Challenges Confronting Public Universities
5. The Role of Public Universities in the Move to Mass Higher Education: Some Reflections on the Experience of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China 5
6. Australian Higher Education: Crossroads or Crisis? 26
7. Diverse Challenges, Diverse Solutions 38
8. The Principal Challenges to Public Higher Education in the United States 44
9. What Is a ‘Public’ University? 50
10. Challenges Facing Higher Education in America: Lessons and Opportunities 55
11. Towards a New Compact in University Education in Ontario 87
12. Part II. The Case for the Public University: Rationales for and Modes of Public Intervention
13. Public Funding of Teaching and Research in Universities: A View from the South 121
14. The Social Benefits of Education: New Evidence on an Old Question 138
15. The Case for Public Investment in the Humanities 164
16. On Complex Intersections: Ontario Universities and Governments 174
17. Equality of Opportunity and University Education 188
18. Part III. Responding to the Challenges: Performance-Based Government Operating and Capital Support
19. The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Universities as Performers 213
20. The Political Economy of Performance Funding 226
21. Public Funding, Markets, and Quality: Assessing the Role of Market-Based Performance Funding for Universities 251
22. Part IV. Building Excellence: Graduate and Research Support
23. Post-secondary Education and Research: Whither Canadian Federalism? 277
24. Anchors of Creativity: How Do Public Universities Create Competitive and Cohesive Communities? 293
25. Innovation and Research Funding: The Role of Government Support 316
26. Post-secondary Education and Ontario’s Prosperity 341
27. The University Research Environment 360
28. Part V. Governing the System: New Modes for Promoting Accountability, Transparency, and Responsiveness
29. The Governance of Public Universities in Australia: Trends and Contemporary Issues 379
30. Deliberative Democracy: The Role of Educational Research in Educational Policy 402
31. Public Universities and the Public Interest: The Compelling Case for a Buffer between Universities and Government 418
32. Part VI. Enhancing Accessibility: Normative Foundations for Income-Contingent Grant and Loan Programs
33. Higher Education Funding 441
34. Student Financial Aid: The Roles of Loans and Grants 476
35. Public and Private Benefits in Higher Education 498
36. Access to Public Universities: Addressing Systemic Inequalities 514
37. Education, Equity, Economics: Can These Words Be in the Same Title? 539
38. An Income-Contingent Financing Program for Ontario 554
39. Timing the Payment of Tuition to Enhance Accessibility: A Graduate Tax? 597