Introduction: Changing The Conversation About Higher Education -- Values And Aims Of Higher Education -- The De Facto Value Of Higher Education -- Rethinking The De Facto Value Of Higher Education -- Citizenship As An Aim Of Higher Education -- The Liberal Argument For Compulsory Civic Education -- The Liberal Argument For Higher Civic Education -- Higher Civic Education, Autonomy, And Convergence -- Higher Civic Education As Vocational Education -- Adulthood And The Right To Education -- Personal Autonomy And The Right To Basic Education -- The Political Conception Of The Person And Adult Citizens -- Adulthood And The Value Of Education -- The Right To Higher Education -- The Political Responsibilities Of Institutions -- Higher Education And The Basic Structure -- Liberty-maximizing Justice -- Liberty-maximizing Justice And The 'fixed' Values Of The University -- Autonomy-supporting Knowledge And Educational Institutions -- The Right To Higher Education And Political Authority -- The Necessity (and Limits) Of Political Authority Over Higher Education -- Anti-perfectionism And Educational Authority -- Perfectionism And Educational Authority -- Liberty-maximizing Educational Authority -- Applying Liberty-maximizing Authority To Higher Education -- The Right To Higher Education And The Problem Of Unequal Benefits -- Why The Distribution Of Benefits And Burdens (still) Matters -- The Socioeconomic Argument For Higher Education Funding -- The Liberty-maximizing Argument For Higher Education Funding -- The Right To Higher Education And Unequal Benefits -- What Should The Right To Higher Education Look Like? -- The Argument Revisited -- Toward A Normative Stage Theory Of Higher Education -- Social Forms, Expensive Tastes, And Ideal Institutions -- Conclusion. Christopher Martin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.