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Searching for Miracles.
Cook, Glenn – American School Board Journal, 2001
Chester Upland School District, which finished last out of 501 systems in Pennsylvania, is a guinea pig for the private management of public education. Managing 9 of Chester's 10 schools, Edison Schools and its subsidiary Edison/Learn Now is banking on turning around the district with its longer class day, structured curriculum teacher training,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Estimates, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement
Restructuring Higher Education: Cost Containment and Productivity Enhancement Efforts of North American Colleges and Universities.
Primary Research Group, Inc., New York, NY. – 1997
This report addresses issues in the efforts of colleges and universities to reduce costs. First, some key findings are identified, including the rapid increase in tuition since 1981; decreases in academic library expenditures; increases in cooperative arrangements; use of more adjunct faculty; and increased privatization of services. Individual…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness
From Dawkins to Where?
Charlesworth, Max – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1993
Recent changes in the Australian higher education system have created some basic contradictions: (1) "privatization" that does not equate with institutional autonomy; (2) ambiguity over higher education as a public vs. private good; (3) larger enrollments, but increased emphasis on research over teaching; and (4) focus on diversity…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Instruction, College Role
Edison Comes to Town.
McCord, Robert S. – American School Board Journal, 2001
The Clark County Nevada Board of Trustees voted unanimously in April, 2001 to approve a 5-year, more than $35 million contract with Edison Schools to run seven of the district's lowest-achieving schools. Describes the decision process and reports what the board and the superintendent learned. One of their biggest lessons was the importance of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Estimates, Decision Making, Educational Administration
The People Side of Privatization: Study Examines Employee Perceptions of Conversion Process.
Dillon, William L. – Business Officer, 1996
A study investigated the attitudes of college and university employees concerning the recent privatization of dining services at three universities. Results indicate the employees saw the contractor, not the institution, as benefitting most from the changes. Employees had little understanding of the benefits of the arrangement to the university or…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies, College Administration, Costs
The Financial Restructuring of Higher Education: Reengineering or Radical Reform?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Kettinger, William J.; Wertz, Richard D. – Journal for Higher Education Management, 1993
Trends in higher education that are pushing it from a principally public enterprise to a largely private one are examined, including the shift away from public financial support and greater internal management problems. An increasing market orientation is predicted, bringing price and demand into equilibrium, fostering privatization, and infusing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Competition, Economic Change
The Privatization Debate: Examining the Decision to Outsource a Service.
Jefferies, Chris L. – Business Officer, 1996
The trend toward outside contracting of college and university services is examined, and issues involved in the decision to do so are discussed. The experience of one university in outsourcing its printing services shop is offered as illustration of how this approach can resolve several administrative issues: cost, quality and extent of services,…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration