Beyond the 49th parallel II : Affordability of public university education

Similarly, the assistance of Jean-Jacques Paul, Hans Vossensteyn, and Herb O’Heron in commenting on the original rankings schemes is gratefully acknowledged; Jamie Merisotis and Jan Sadlak are also owed a debt of gratitude for inviting one of the authors to the meeting of the International Ranking Experts Group in Washington DC in December 2004, an occasion which sharpened our appreciation of the [...] That said, no money was received from the Government of Ontario with respect to the present report, and in no way should it be implied that the Government of Ontario has endorsed any of the contents of this report. [...] The former refers to the ability to pay for education; the latter refers specifically to the ability of people from all backgrounds to obtain the education they desire. [...] Collectively, the North- Eastern states have the highest income earners of all jurisdictions, while some of the Southern states and the Atlantic provinces have the lowest. [...] The wealth of the jurisdictions represented here has changed somewhat from that measured in the first iteration of The Affordability of University Education in 2001.