Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ544630
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Changing Structure To Improve Function: One Academic Health Center's Experience.
Alexander, Beth; And Others
Academic Medicine, v72 n4 p259-68 Apr 1997
The choice of the Oregon Health Sciences University to change its status from public to private is discussed, focusing on the reasons for the change (decreased public funding, health care market competition, bureaucracy), the political process of building support for legislation, key features of restructuring, challenges faced, and lessons learned. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Change Strategies, Competition, Governance, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Organizational Change, Politics of Education, Private Colleges, Privatization, Professional Education, Program Administration, Program Descriptions, State Legislation, State Universities, Teaching Hospitals
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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