The economic institutions of higher education : economic theories of university behaviour /

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Author / Creator:Raines, J. Patrick, 1951-
Imprint:Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2003.
Description:vi, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4936562
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Other authors / contributors:Leathers, Charles G., 1940-
ISBN:1840649917
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1.. Introduction
  • The Applicability of Economic Analysis
  • Economics of Higher Education: Recent Studies
  • Economic Perspectives on Universities' Behavior
  • Modeling Universities' Decision-making Processes
  • The Foundational Work of Adam Smith and Thorstein Veblen
  • Organization of the Book
  • 2.. Historical Development of Universities
  • Medieval Universities
  • The English Universities
  • The Scottish Universities
  • The New German Universities
  • The Emergence of Modern American Universities
  • 3.. Adam Smith on Failures of English Universities
  • The Institutional Nature of Universities
  • Smith's Criticism of Universities
  • Proposals for Reform
  • Incompleteness, Weaknesses, and Contradictions
  • 4.. John Stuart Mill on Universities
  • The Special Social Functions of Universities
  • Why the English Universities Were Failing
  • Mill's Economic Analysis of Universities' Failures
  • Government Schools vs. Private Schools
  • 5.. Veblen on Failures of American Universities
  • The Social Importance of Knowledge
  • The Social Functions of Universities
  • Universities and the Principle of Institutional Specialization
  • Evolutionary Development of Modern 'University Corporations'
  • Institutional Failures of American Universities
  • Transitional Statement
  • 6.. Veblen's Economic 'Model' of University Behavior
  • Universities as Non-Profit Corporations
  • Endowed Institutions
  • Identities and Motives of Discretionary Officials
  • Modeling Institutional Behavior
  • Institutional Drift and 'Proposals' for Reform
  • 7.. Riesman on Veblen and Modern Universities
  • Riesman's Critique of Veblen and the Higher Learning
  • Riesman on Modern Universities: An Era of Faculty Dominance
  • Riesman's 'Era of Rising Student Consumerism'
  • 8.. The Buchanan-Devletoglou Economic Model of Universities
  • The Taxpayers' Representatives: Governing Boards
  • Students as Consumers Who Do Not Pay
  • Control of Universities by Faculties Who Do Not Sell
  • The Nature and Causes of Universities' Failures
  • Lack of Competition
  • The Crisis on Campuses
  • 9.. Recent Economic Models of Higher Education
  • Economic Models of Non-Profit Institutions
  • Garvin's Economic Model of University Behavior
  • The University as an Organization: The Prestige Objective
  • Garvin's Formal Model
  • 10.. Meeting the Challenge: Explaining the Emergence of 'Entrepreneurial Universities' and 'Academic Capitalism'
  • First Phase
  • Second Phase
  • The Challenge for Economic Models of Universities' Behavior
  • Overview
  • The Emergence of 'Entrepreneurial Universities'
  • The Consequences of 'Entrepreneurial' Research by Universities
  • An Alternative View
  • The 'Commoditization of Instruction'
  • Explaining the Emergence of 'Entrepreneurial Universities'
  • A Veblenian Perspective
  • Smith and Veblen on 'Entrepreneurial Universities'
  • Bibliography
  • Index