Reshaping the university : the rise of the regulated market in higher education / David Palfreyman and Ted Tapper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palfreyman, David, 1954-

Contributor:

Tapper, Ted.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

xv, 307 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

The global economic crisis has required governments almost everywhere to reconsider their spending priorities. It is within this demanding economic context that higher education systems have been steadily reshaped with, in many ways, the English model in the vanguard of change. This book focuses in particular upon the policy of removing almost entirely public support for the payment of student fees. This radical result has emerged from a steady process of change, which has broad political support and is underwritten by the idea that higher education is now seen more as a private than a public, good. As this shift has occurred (not a new experience for universities but rather a return to what once prevailed as more of a market in English higher education) so the relationship between government and higher education has evolved with the former now attempting to steer the development of the system through a state-regulated market. The book has a strong comparative dimension that draws upon US higher education to illustrate both the possible advantages of and also the potential hazards within the marketization strategy. It concludes that any such strategy needs to be accompanied by state regulation if it is to function effectively, particularly to stimulate price competition, foster innovation, encourage new entrants, and provide consumer protection for students paying high fees. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I British Higher Education as a System: Shifting Perceptions, Changing Realities

1 The Governance of British Higher Education: State, Market, and Institutional Decision-Making 3

2 Exploring the Unitary Model: A Diversity of Definitions 22

3 The Dealing Report: Sustaining British Higher Education as a System 40

Part II The Pressures for Change: Internal and External

4 Universities and Markets: (I) Historical Background and Contemporary Context 63

5 Universities and Markets: (II) Theory and Critical Debate 89

6 The Student as Consumer: Legal Framework and Practical Reality 118

7 The Rise of the Research Agenda: Redefining the Academic Mission 150

8 The Globalization of Higher Education: Coping with Rankings and League Tables while Delivering More and Charging Less 172

Part III Responding to Change: Organizational Fragmentation

9 The HE Industry: Speaking with More Than One Voice 191

10 Responding to the State-Regulated Market: Higher Education Institutions Under Duress 212

11 The Descent from Acropolis to Agora: The Entry of the For-Profits 235

Part IV Towards the Free Market: English Higher Education 2020

12 From Public Good to Market-Place: From Provider State to Regulatory State 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199659821

0199659826

OCLC:

873746302