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The resource allocation decision in U.S. colleges and universities: Practice, problems and recommendations
- Source :
- Higher Education. 7:35-46
- Publication Year :
- 1978
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1978.
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Abstract
- Two hundred vice presidents of finance of colleges and universities in the United States were questioned about the evaluation processes currently used by their institutions in making resource allocation decisions. It appears that institutions of higher education act in a manner consistent with the objective of prestige maximization subject to some overall budget constraint. There is a strong parallel with hospital budgeting.
Details
- ISSN :
- 1573174X and 00181560
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Higher Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3fc3b3cf018fa9903f3b7dd9430a36d5