Higher Education, Commercial Criteria and Economic Incentives

Stilwell, Frank

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“…The criticism of price collusion in higher education never stops (Stilwell 2003;Mitten 1995;Morrison 1992). In this study, we prefer empirical research to normative research, and to investigate the price behavior of universities rather to give a normative judgment of those behaviors.…”

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confidence: 98%

Price collusion or competition in US higher education

Jiafeng

2013

Studies in Higher Education

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How geographical neighboring competitors influence the strategic price behaviors of universities is still unclear because previous studies assume spatial independence between universities. Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics college navigator dataset, this study shows that the price of one university is spatially autocorrelated to its neighboring competitors and such neighborhood structure induces cooperation Nash equilibrium in a spatial price game. In the spatial price game of universities the possibility of the cooperation solution is about 76%, while that of the defeat solution is about 24%. This study demonstrates that the relation between price difference and geographical distance of universities is an inverse U-shaped curve rather than a line.

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Price collusion or competition in US higher education

Jiafeng

2013

Studies in Higher Education

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“…The case study institutions did not illustrate a shift from a public service to a profitcentric model highlighted by researchers such as by Barnett (2005), Giroux (2001) and Stilwell (2003). In terms of academic prestige, all case studies expressed international research goals usually tied to reputational impact.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Subsequent research has developed around these unique motivations. Universities are seen to be moving away from a public service model towards a profit-motivated model (see Barnett, 2005;Carlson & Fleisher, 2002;Giroux, 2001;Stilwell, 2003) supporting Knight's (1999) view that economic motives and market orientation is becoming more prevalent. Universities may 'mask' this profit focus by using 'surplus', 'profits' and 'earnings' interchangeably (Bolsmann & Miller, 2008).…”

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Prestige-oriented market entry strategy: the case of Australian universities

Tayar¹,

Jack²

2013

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

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Through an exploratory case study of four Australian universities this article finds that foreign market entry strategies are shaped by prestige-seeking motivations and a culture of risk aversion. From the market selection, entry mode and higher education literature, a conceptual model, embedded with four propositions, is presented. The model sees market selection and entry mode as inter-dependent decisions which are influenced by manager and university motives, risk aversion and host government constraints in a gradual process of internationalisation. Among our key findings are that prestige is the key driver for university internationalisation and, due to a high degree of risk aversion, universities prefer zero-equity modes unless risk can be minimised or accommodated through suitable hedging strategies.

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“…Like writing book reviews and editing books, journal editing just does not generate meaningful income for universities and so, in "academic capitalism" (Stilwell 2003), some scholars quite rationally veer away-or are indeed steered away-from editing. Notwithstanding the great significance of journal editing for academic enterprise, performance of the role typically receives little institutional acknowledgment in appointments and promotions (Martin 2013).…”

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Why Edit a Journal? Academic Irony and Paradox

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2015

The Professional Geographer

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Higher Education, Commercial Criteria and Economic Incentives

Cited by 38 publications

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Price collusion or competition in US higher education

Price collusion or competition in US higher education

Prestige-oriented market entry strategy: the case of Australian universities

Why Edit a Journal? Academic Irony and Paradox

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