When Corporate Restructuring Meets Higher Education

Horn, Robert N.; Jerome, Robert T.

doi:10.2307/40251478

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“…While the demand for higher education is still strong, governments are slashing funding for education and the public is demanding higher accountability for their tax dollars. Others (Horn and Jerome, 1996;Dickman et al, 1996) believe that higher education has been influenced by the private sector and that universities have jumped on the restructuring bandwagon to follow suit, even though the results of downsizing in the corporate world have been ambiguous at best. Still, the principal driver for downsizing and restructuring higher education would appear to be the cuts in government funding.…”

Section: Issues Facing Higher Education and Other Public Institutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[ 131 ] elimination of activities, streamlining functions, establishing a long-term planning process, and practicing general frugality. Still, as higher education has faced downsizing, many universities have used private corporations as a model (Horn and Jerome, 1996). As such, quick, aggressive cost cutting has become a goal of many universities.…”

Section: Issues Facing Higher Education and Other Public Institutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Downsizing the university: bonne chance!

Appelbaum

Patton

2002

Intl Jnl of Educational Mgt

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While downsizing is often automatically associated with forprofit organizations, many of the pressures that have led businesses to downsize over the last 20 years have also affected public-sector organizations, including universities. The primary focus of this article is to underline the particular issues and problems facing universities when confronted with pressures to downsize. Begins with a general overview of downsizing and its outcomes, followed by an analysis of downsizing in higher education with an emphasis on three major points: the factors causing universities to consider downsizing; the special nature of universities that makes downsizing particularly difficult; and the downsizing methods used by universities.

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Section: Issues Facing Higher Education and Other Public Institutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Issues Facing Higher Education and Other Public Institutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%