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The shortlist for the 2015/2016 Donner Prize was announced today. The prestigious Donner Prize, established in 1998, is a $50,000 annual prize which rewards excellence and innovation in public policy writing by Canadians.
We are very pleased to announce that not one but two MQUP titles were among the five finalists on this year’s shortlist. Congratulations to authors Donald Savoie (What Is Government Good At?: A Canadian Answer), and Robert Lacroix and Louis Maheu (Leading Research Universities in a Competitive World / Les Grandes Universités de Recherche: Institutions autonomes dans un environnement concurrentiel), for this wonderful achievement.
By Donald J. Savoie
A thorough examination of where government succeeds and where it fails.
Recent decades have shown the public’s support for government plummet alongside political leaders’ credibility. This downward spiral calls for an exploration of what has gone wrong. The questions, “What is government good at?” and “What is government not good at?” are critical ones – and their answers should be the basis for good public policy and public administration.
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Although research universities represent only fifteen to twenty per cent of national university systems worldwide, they provide the bulk of fundamental research and doctoral training. Written by two veteran university administrators, Leading Research Universities in a Competitive World focuses on the international ranking systems’ uneven distribution of these institutions in industrialized countries, and the organizational factors affecting their efficacy, prestige, and performance.
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A special mention and congratulations to les Presses de l’Université de Montréal for the French version of “Leading Research Universities in a Competitive World”.
The winner of this year’s Donner Prize will be announced at an awards ceremony in Toronto on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. For the full list of finalist and for more information, please visit: http://www.donnerbookprize.com
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