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University Dynamics and European IntegrationA Service Enterprise: The Market Vision

University Dynamics and European Integration: A Service Enterprise: The Market Vision CHAPTER 6 Carlo Salerno INTRODUCTION The movement from elite to mass higher education and the accompanying rising costs have both put enormous fiscal and political pressure on governments accustomed to fully funding post-secondary education. Though many European countries would very much like to retain the University’s public good character, mounting evidence is gradually forcing policymakers across much of Europe to accept the sobering reality that the continent’s capability to compete in the global higher education and research markets is being threatened as a result (Economist 2005). What is more, there are strong arguments to suggest that such a strategy is simply not sustainable in light of rising public expenditures in other publicly-funded and politically contentious areas, such as healthcare. For universities many believe this shift has created more problems than oppor- tunities. As processes, education and research are poorly understood (even within academe) and the gains from both are difficult to define with any real degree of pre- cision. Cost escalation coupled with institutions’ inability to clearly demonstrate the value of their services has done much to erode the public’s trust (Ehrenberg 2000; Cole et al. 1994; Massy and Zemsky 1994) and prompted unprecedented efforts to regulate or monitor http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

University Dynamics and European IntegrationA Service Enterprise: The Market Vision

Part of the Higher Education Dynamics Book Series (volume 19)
Editors: Maassen, Peter; Olsen, Johan P.
Salerno, Carlo
University Dynamics and European Integration — Jan 1, 2007
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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer 2007
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978-1-4020-5970-4
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119 –132
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10.1007/978-1-4020-5971-1_6
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Abstract

CHAPTER 6 Carlo Salerno INTRODUCTION The movement from elite to mass higher education and the accompanying rising costs have both put enormous fiscal and political pressure on governments accustomed to fully funding post-secondary education. Though many European countries would very much like to retain the University’s public good character, mounting evidence is gradually forcing policymakers across much of Europe to accept the sobering reality that the continent’s capability to compete in the global higher education and research markets is being threatened as a result (Economist 2005). What is more, there are strong arguments to suggest that such a strategy is simply not sustainable in light of rising public expenditures in other publicly-funded and politically contentious areas, such as healthcare. For universities many believe this shift has created more problems than oppor- tunities. As processes, education and research are poorly understood (even within academe) and the gains from both are difficult to define with any real degree of pre- cision. Cost escalation coupled with institutions’ inability to clearly demonstrate the value of their services has done much to erode the public’s trust (Ehrenberg 2000; Cole et al. 1994; Massy and Zemsky 1994) and prompted unprecedented efforts to regulate or monitor

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: Private Benefit; Service Enterprise; Doctoral Education; European Research Council; European Science Foundation

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