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Pilbeam, Colin – Higher Education Policy, 2008
Universities operate in both a market and in an institutional setting defined by government. For many universities, the latter is the dominant source of support. The discourse on the entrepreneurial university emphasizes the universities position in a market and does not adequately reflect the dominance of the institutional setting. This paper…
Descriptors: Institutional Environment, Entrepreneurship, Universities, Educational Environment
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LeTendre, Gerald K.; Gonzalez, Roger Geertz; Nomi, Takako – Higher Education Policy, 2006
During the last 50 years, private "feeder" schools in Japan came to dominate entry into elite colleges. Intense organizational competition shaped the organizational environment and changed the pathways available to social elites. Compared to Japan, elite private feeders in the US have failed to dominate pathways into elite colleges. In…
Descriptors: Social Status, Foreign Countries, High Schools, College Preparation