The economic institutions of higher education : economic theories of university behaviour /
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| Author / Creator: | Raines, J. Patrick, 1951- |
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| 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 |
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
