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Author Frank, Jeff, author.

Title English universities in crisis : markets without competition / Jefferson Frank, Norman Gowar and Michael Naef
Published Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 199 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Intro; ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES IN CRISIS; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on the Authors; Preface; 1. Introduction; The higher education market; Some simple arithmetic; Universities and airlines; The hierarchy of airlines and of universities; Principles of a good system; There is no free lunch; The plan of the book; 2. How Did We Get Here?; A Short Note On: The Case for Free Tuition and the Scottish Approach; 3. Markets Without Competition; The problems; The hierarchy of universities; The student; The university; Grade inflation; The pre-Browne system
The Browne proposal of capped student numbersUncapped student numbers; Restoring competition; 4. Stakeholders and Expenditures; Profit-maximising firms; Non-profit firms; Students as consumers or students as stakeholders; Academics; Research and teaching; The RAE/REF; What do academics want?; How should this be managed?; The governing body, alumni and donors; 5. Expanding Numbers and Maintaining Standards; Maintaining standards in a diverse system; Process or performance; External examiners; The future role of the QAA, NSS and TEF; The NSS; The TEF; The OIA
Raising quality by lowering the SSRIs the current situation sustainable?; Impact on new academics; A Short Note On: Setting up the OIA; 6. Widening Participation and Student Finance; The contingent-repayment loan scheme; Up-front subsidies; The current system: access agreements with the Office for Fair Access; Applications and admissions; What works; Alternative providers; A Short Note On: The Open University; A Short Note On: The Case for Career Colleges -- The US Model; A note on the author; Introduction; Skills-based careers; Student services: retention and job placement
Regulation and student tuition fundingThe role of for-profit institutions; 7. Adjusting to the Future; The hierarchy of universities; Restoring competition; QAA, NSS, TEF and all that; Funding; Student fees and loans; Student maintenance; Widening participation; The risk or threat of bankruptcy; Senior management salaries, academic salaries and pensions; Returning the university to the academics and the students; Summary; Notes; Index
Summary Student fees have saddled graduates with enormous debt, satisfaction rates are low, a high proportion of graduates are in non-graduate jobs, and public debt from unpaid loans is rocketing. This timely and challenging analysis gives robust new policy proposals to encourage excellence and ultimately benefit society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource, title from digital title page (Ebook Central, viewed on April 29, 2020)
Subject Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Finance
Education, Higher -- Great Britain -- Costs
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Education.
Education, Higher -- Costs
Universities and colleges -- Finance
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Gowar, Norman, author
Naef, Michael, author.
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