Abstract

COLLINI, Stefan. What's Happening to Universities? Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Rev.econ.inst. [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.37, pp.13-29. ISSN 0124-5996.  https://doi.org/10.18601/01245996.v19n37.02.

This article examines the tendency of universities to adopt criteria and evaluation guidelines specific to business enterprises. Faced with the massification of enrollment and operating costs, they favor the administrative roles of academics tend to be more favored. While being a sign of academic decay, there has undoubtedly has been radical change during the last four decades ago. If this trend continues, concern about the "rational" use of staff and the physical plant and the hiring of professors more engaged in recruitment than teaching and basic research will accentuate the distance between elite universities and other universities, that and its distinct academic role will change as its focus will be training personnel for the labor market.

Keywords : incessant intimidation; policies; institutions; higher education JEL: 121, 123, 124.

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