CAMERON, David M
Equity and purpose in financing universities : the case of Nova Scotia - 2000
Nova Scotia has struggled with the funding of its universities ever since it introduced provincial grants in 1963. This because some of its rather large number of universities and colleges are in very different situations as compared with others. How is an equitable distribution to be achieved under such circumstances? The long standing solution has been to combine fixed grants based on enrolment. But this grew increasingly problematic as the original institutional patterns evolved and, especially, when the province adopted a formula of fixed shares combined with actual reductions in funding. A new formula was required and this article tells the story of its development by the Nova Scotia Council on Higher Education. This article explores both the issues that had do be addressed and resolved and the instituional dynamics and personalities that shaped their resolution. In the end, it became apparent that an equitable redistribution of grants to Nova Scotia's universities could be achieved through this process only if additional resources were forthcoming
Equity and purpose in financing universities : the case of Nova Scotia - 2000
Nova Scotia has struggled with the funding of its universities ever since it introduced provincial grants in 1963. This because some of its rather large number of universities and colleges are in very different situations as compared with others. How is an equitable distribution to be achieved under such circumstances? The long standing solution has been to combine fixed grants based on enrolment. But this grew increasingly problematic as the original institutional patterns evolved and, especially, when the province adopted a formula of fixed shares combined with actual reductions in funding. A new formula was required and this article tells the story of its development by the Nova Scotia Council on Higher Education. This article explores both the issues that had do be addressed and resolved and the instituional dynamics and personalities that shaped their resolution. In the end, it became apparent that an equitable redistribution of grants to Nova Scotia's universities could be achieved through this process only if additional resources were forthcoming
