Financing Canadian Universities: For Whom and By Whom? Papers and Perspectives from a Conference Sponsored by the Institute for Policy Analysis and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (Toronto, Ontario, March 3, 1981).

The conference in which these papers and perspectives were presented addressed Canadian federal-provincial fiscal issues and relationships. An introduction provides some background on the present funding situation. A sample of papers includes: "Federal Funding of University Education" (Paul Davenport); "A Troubled Future? University Enrolments in Canada and the Provinces" (David K. Foot); "Manpower Issues in Financing Canadian Universities" (David Stager); "Perceptions of Canadian Universities in Relation to Funding: A Maritime Perspective" (John F. Graham); "University Programme Review: A North American Perspective" (G. Grant Clarke); "Private Sector Expectations and Support of Canada's Universities" (Jill Stocker); "Universities and the Federal Government" (Donald C. Savage, Richard Bellaire); "Federal Contributions to Post-Secondary Education: Trends and Issues" (Magnus Gunther, Richard J. Van Loon); "A Perspective on Federal Expectations with Respect to Established Programmes" (Gordon Robertson); "Determining Policy in the National Interest--An Institutional Proposal" (Mark Krasnick); "New Directions in Financing Canadian Universities" (Peter M. Leslie); "The Role of Governments in the Funding of Universities" (G. Rosenbluth, A. D. Scott); and "Student Assistance Policy and the Financing of Higher Education in Canada" (John Kucharczyk, Georges Monette). (MSE)