Higher Education Across the Circumpolar North

SHIGEO ARAMATA President of Kushiro Public University of Economics, JapanPETER ARBO Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Community Studies, University of Tromsø, NorwayINGO RUNAR EDVARDSSON Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, University of Akureyri, IcelandNARVE FULSÅS Professor of History, University of TromsøTHORSTEINN GUNNARSSON Rector, University of Akureyri, IcelandDIDDY M. HITCHINS Professor of Political Science and Director of Canadian Studis Program, University of AlaskaPER LANGGÅRD Prorector, University of GreenlandKJELL LUNDMARK Professor of Political Science, University of Umeå, SwedenESKO RIEPULA Rector, University of Lapland, FinlandNICOLAI TOIVONEN Vice-Rector, Petrozavodsk State University, Republic of Karelia, RussiaVICTOR VASILIEV Rector, Petrozavodsk State University, Republic of Karelia, Russia

• Introduction; G.R.Weller Universities in Northern Finland; E.Riepula Universities in Northern Sweden; K.Lundmark The University of Tromsø, Norway; P.Arbo & N.Fulsås The Role of the University of Akureyri, Iceland, in Northern Development; I.R.Edvardsson & T.Gunnarsson Greenland and the University; P.Langgård Universities in Northern Canada; G.R.Weller The Role of the University of Alaska in Northern Development; D.M.Hitchins Universities in the European North of Russia; V.Vasiliev & N.Toivonen Universities in Northern Japan; S.Aramata Conclusions: The Role of Universities in Northern Development: A Comparative Perspective; D.C.Nord Bibliography