Public funding of higher education : changing contexts and new rationales / edited by Edward P. St. John and Michael D. Parsons.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Edward P. St. John and Michael D. Parsons -- Higher education and the public trough : a historical perspective / John R. Thelin -- Federal student aid : the shift from grants to loans / James C. Hearn and Janet M. Holdsworth -- Federal involvement in higher education desegregation : an unfinished agenda / Clifton F. Conrad and David J. Weerts -- State higher education financing : demand imperatives meet structural, cyclical, and political constraints / William Zumeta -- Desegregation and diversity : finding new ways to meet the challenge / M. Christopher Brown II, Jason L. Butler, and Saran Donahoo -- Merit and equity : rethinking award criteria in the Michigan Merit Scholarship Program / Edward P. St. John and Choong-Geun Chung -- Refinancing public universities : student enrollments, incentive-base budgeting, and incremental revenue / Don Hossler -- Reconstructing rationales for public funding : a case study / Mary Louise Trammell -- Financing instructional technology and distance education : reviewing costs and outcomes / James Farmer -- Lobbying in higher education : theory and practice / Michael D. Parsons -- Policy research and political decisions / Edward P. St. John.