ERIC Number: EJ1377831
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 23
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-9495
EISSN: EISSN-1944-6470
To Supplement or Supplant: The Relationship between Technology Funding and Higher Education Personnel
Ortagus, Justin; Hughes, Rodney; Voorhees, Nicholas
Journal of Education Finance, v47 n4 p341-363 Spr 2022
Over the past few decades, technology has revolutionized the way colleges and universities operate. This study examines the extent to which investments in information technology (IT) are associated with the number and types of higher education personnel. After accounting for time lags between IT funding and personnel changes, we found that increases in IT funding were associated with increases in the number of higher education administrators and IT staff but decreases in the number of clerical workers. Our findings suggest that colleges and universities may be substituting expensive labor (higher education administrators and IT staff) for inexpensive labor (clerical workers).
Descriptors: Information Technology, School Personnel, Student Personnel Workers, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Costs, Labor Needs, Clerical Occupations
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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