Higher Education in the United States: Laissez-Faire, Differentiation, and Research

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作者
Urquiola, Miguel [1 ]
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[1] Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA
关键词
higher education; innovation; research; I23; I24; I28;
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10.1111/aepr.12419
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
The U.S. higher education system stands out in three dimensions. First, it has the highest number of leading research universities. Second, it displays significant differentiation: multiple types of institutions offer services that differ in cost, prestige, etc. Third, it has a laissez-faire/free-market orientation: private and public entities are free to open schools and compete; essentially all schools enjoy substantial autonomy. This paper makes the case that these features are systematically related. The development of the American higher education market-which allowed market forces to operate and lacked centralized planning-contributed to the emergence of differentiation and a set of leading research universities.
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页数:18
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