Higher Education and the Market

ISBN-13: 9780415991698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 234 str.

Roger Brown

Opis

The introduction of market forces into the provision of higher education is the most crucial issue facing universities and colleges today. As the key role of universities in the knowledge society becomes ever more apparent, and as the limits of public funding for universities are reached, marketization has become an issue in nearly every major system, with discussion about the ever increasing cost of tuition, affordability, access, university rankings, information and the commercialization of academic research taking place not only in North America, Western Europe and Australasia but also in Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Higher Education and the Market provides not only an up to date and comprehensive account of this phenomenon but also offers some proposals by which market forces, government intervention and academic self regulation can be combined so as to harness the benefits of increased competition and efficiency without losing the public goods which universities and colleges have traditionally provided and which the public continues to value. It is of particular interest to government and institutional leaders and policy makers, researchers, finance and students studying higher education.

Higher Education and the Market reviews the current extent of marketization across the world. It describes the main markets in which universities are engaged. It looks at the likely impact on the key dimensions of university activity: system structure, funding and resources, the curriculum, participation and achievement, research and scholarship, and interactions with third parties. It concludes by suggesting specific policies for system structure, the funding of teaching and research, and the relations between them, and quality assurance. The findings and conclusions within this book will be of interest to anyone who is looking to increase their understanding of the impact of market forces and policies on Higher Education worldwide.

O autorze

Roger Brown is Co-Director for the Centre of Higher Education Research Development (CHERD) at Liverpool Hope University.