1. Introduction

   • Ian Winchester

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 7

2. The applicability of democratic principles and the mission of the university

   • Torsten Husén

   Section I: The University in Relation to a Democracy Pages: 11 - 18

3. The university, democracy, and the challenge to meritocracy

   • D. Bruce Johnstone

   Section I: The University in Relation to a Democracy Pages: 19 - 23

4. The university and democracy: Interlocking learning and governing

   • William Paul Wanker

   Section I: The University in Relation to a Democracy Pages: 25 - 40

5. University autonomy and contexts of democracy

   • Frank Cunningham

   Section II: Democracy in the University Pages: 43 - 50

6. The role of democracy in the university: The university and its old members

   • Alan Montefiore

   Section II: Democracy in the University Pages: 51 - 62

7. Culture, democracy, and the university

   • Sharon Bailin

   Section II: Democracy in the University Pages: 63 - 69

8. Northrop frye on academic freedom: A critique

   • Howard Woodhouse

   Section II: Democracy in the University Pages: 71 - 89

9. Elite and ordinary: The essential tension in the university

   • Ian Winchester

   Section II: Democracy in the University Pages: 91 - 95

10. Research parks: Instrument, or harbinger of a new university paradigm?

    • Glenn A. Mitchell

    Section III: The University and Society Pages: 99 - 104

11. Mobilizing knowledge in the information age

    • James M. Hay

    Section III: The University and Society Pages: 105 - 110

12. New reality in university-industry relations: A search for foundations and forms

    • Jan Sadlak

    Section III: The University and Society Pages: 111 - 122

13. The end of “information”: Computers, democracy, and the university

    • John Mitterer
    • Kevin O'Neill

    Section III: The University and Society Pages: 123 - 139

14. Higher education, democracy, and development: Implications for Newly Industrialized Countries

    • Philip G. Altbach

    Section IV: The University and Culture Pages: 143 - 163

15. Universities, cultural identity, and democracy: Some Canada-China comparisons

    • Ruth Hayhoe

    Section IV: The University and Culture Pages: 165 - 180

16. The universities, the social sciences, and liberal democracy

    • Edward Shils

    Section V: The University and the Social Sciences Pages: 183 - 223