Over the last fifty years, Canadian universities have experienced remarkable change. The explosion of a so-called "knowledge-based" economy, increasing corporate presence and funding on campus, and the unprecedented rise in enrollment, among other factors, have all played significant roles in the shaping of the modern Canadian university.

In this thoughtful book, Clark considers how such changes to growth and governance have altered the nature of the institution itself. Tracing the development of the university from the end of the Second World War through the seismic changes in the...