Scholars and Dollars : : Politics, Economics, and the Universities of Ontario 1945-1980 / / Paul Axelrod.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Axelrod, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)

Propelled by buoyant economic conditions, favoured by free-spending politicians, and buttressed by widespread public support, higher education during the 1960s became one of Onatrio's major growth industries. But less than a decade later, in a dramatic reversal of spending priorities, funing po...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. Education, Utilitarianism, and the Acquisitive Society
• 2. Corporate Aid to Higher Education
• 3. Private Power and Public Institutions
• 4. Provincial Planning 1945-67
• 5. The Curriculum, Professionalism, and the Market Economy
• 6. More Scholar for the Dollar 1968-73
• 7. Students, Staff, and the State: The Politics of Scarcity 1974-80
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Note on Sources
• Statistical Appendix
• Index
• Backmatter