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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Education, Higher -- Great Britain -- Costs
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Education.
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Education, Higher -- Costs
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Universities and colleges -- Finance
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Great Britain
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Gowar, Norman, author
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Naef, Michael, author.
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ISBN |
9781529202274 |
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1529202272 |
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9781529202267 |
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1529202264 |
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9781529202281 |
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1529202280 |
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1529202256 |
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9781529202250 |
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