The Economics of American Universities: Management, Operations, and Fiscal Environment (Suny Series in Frontiers in Education) - Softcover

Hoenack, Stephen A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791400298 ISBN 13: 9780791400296

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1990

Synopsis

This book discusses the adjustment of universities to the changing financial environment. Its authors analyze the relationship between higher education inputs and outputs, assess the available information about the determinants of university costs, survey the influence of market conditions and pricing strategies on students' demands for attendance at institutions of higher education, summarize research on the objectives for institutions of higher education held by different participants and funders, analyze how universities determine their priorities and relative funding for different activities and disciplines, and explore the economics of universities' research functions.

In addition, the book addresses three questions regarding the external fiscal environment facing American universities. What are the recent and emerging changes in the key economic variables affecting these institutions? What mechanisms have universities used in the past to cope with tighter financial constraints? What are the implications for university research activities as these institutions adjust to their fiscal constraints?

About this title

About the Author

Stephen A. Hoenack is Professor at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and Director of the Management Information Division at the University of Minnesota.

Eileen L. Collins is a Senior Economist in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Science Resource Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791400298
• ISBN 13: 9780791400296
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302
• Editor: Collins Eileen L.