The privatization or commercialization of higher education has been a significant focus for scholars of higher education with researchers from a variety of disciplines examining trends and patterns in these organizations over time. Evidence cited in favor of this privatization includes the decline in state appropriations, the changing nature of funding for research in response… [Read more…]
June 8, 2010 by Sondra Barringer
I have been reading about organizational structure of higher education organizations as part of the background reading for a paper I am working on and it got me thinking about organizational boundaries and how it relates to the key players involved in organizations. When thinking about for-profit businesses there are three key constituencies which come… [Read more…]
March 9, 2010 by Sondra Barringer
Over the past 30 years or so the argument that public higher education is becoming privatized has become an accepted fact. However, less attention has been focused on how, why and to what extent these colleges and universities are actually pursuing more “private” means of sustaining themselves as various types of government support has declined.… [Read more…]
John C. Ronquillo
Sondra Barringer
Jasmine McGinnis
Erica Coslor
August 31, 2010 by Sondra Barringer
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