Fixing Higher Education [recurso electrónico] A Business Manager's Take on How to Boost Productivity in Higher Education

"Christian Schierenbeck makes a provocative case that higher education across the globe suffers from a profound productivity crisis which prevents broad access to affordable and high-quality educational services. He shows how the vast productivity gap in higher education could be closed if academic managers borrowed some of the managerial practices applied by the world's leading business enterprises. In order for this to happen in practice, the author argues for radical changes in the policy framework for higher education. Contents: Higher Education.- Productivity Gap.- Management Practices.- Policy Framework.- Educational Impact.- Educational Costs. Target Groups: Researchers and students in the fields of management, economics, and higher education; academic managers and policymakers in higher education. About the Author: Dr. Christian Schierenbeck completed his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Dr. Bernd Rolfes at the Chair of Banking and Finance at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Prior to enrolling as a Ph.D. student, he had served as an associate and project manager in the New York, Cologne, and Rio de Janeiro offices of an international management consultancy. Contents: Higher Education.- Productivity Gap.- Management Practices.- Policy Framework.- Educational Impact.- Educational Costs. Target Groups: Researchers and students in the fields of management, economics, and higher education; academic managers and policymakers in higher education. About the Author: Dr. Christian Schierenbeck completed his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Dr. Bernd Rolfes at the Chair of Banking and Finance at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Prior to enrolling as a Ph.D. student, he had served as an associate and project manager in the New York, Cologne, and Rio de Janeiro offices of an international management consultancy." -- Library of Congress Christian Schierenbeck makes a provocative case that higher education across the globe suffers from a profound productivity crisis which prevents broad access to affordable and high-quality educational services. He shows how the vast productivity gap in higher education could be closed if academic managers borrowed some of the managerial practices applied by the world's leading business enterprises. In order for this to happen in practice, the author argues for radical changes in the policy framework for higher education. Contents: Higher Education.- Productivity Gap.- Management Practices.- Policy Framework.- Educational Impact.- Educational Costs. Target Groups: Researchers and students in the fields of management, economics, and higher education; academic managers and policymakers in higher education. About the Author: Dr. Christian Schierenbeck completed his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Dr. Bernd Rolfes at the Chair of Banking and Finance at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Prior to enrolling as a Ph. D. student, he had served as an associate and project manager in the New York, Cologne, and Rio de Janeiro offices of an international management consultancy. Contents: Higher Education.- Productivity Gap.- Management Practices.- Policy Framework.- Educational Impact.- Educational Costs. Target Groups: Researchers and students in the fields of management, economics, and higher education; academic managers and policymakers in higher education. About the Author: Dr. Christian Schierenbeck completed his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Dr. Bernd Rolfes at the Chair of Banking and Finance at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Prior to enrolling as a Ph. D. student, he had served as an associate and project manager in the New York, Cologne, and Rio de Janeiro offices of an international management consultancy Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Front Matter....Pages 7-8 A New Way to Think about Productivity....Pages 9-18 The Productivity Crisis in Traditional Higher Education....Pages 19-33 Higher Education’s Golden Opportunity....Pages 35-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-50 Disruptive Innovations in Higher Education....Pages 51-65 A Low-Cost Model of Higher Education....Pages 67-82 The Lean Transformation of Higher Education....Pages 83-95 Market Orientation in Higher Education....Pages 97-106 From Student Selection to Customer Acquisition....Pages 107-118 The Customer-Focused Institution of Higher Education....Pages 119-129 The For-Profit Provision of Educational Services....Pages 131-141 Business Intelligence in Higher Education....Pages 143-151 Adaptive Change in Higher Education....Pages 153-162 Front Matter....Pages 163-164 Redefining the Basis of Competition....Pages 165-174 Facilitating Creative Destruction....Pages 175-186 Fixing the Demand Side of Higher Education....Pages 187-208 Back Matter....Pages 20-20 Fixing Higher Education makes a provocative case that higher education across the globe suffers from a profound productivity crisis which prevents broad access to affordable and high-quality educational services; that the vast productivity gap in higher education could be closed if academic managers borrowed some of the managerial practices applied by the world's leading business enterprises; and that, in order for this to happen in practice, policymakers need to set appropriate incentives by introducing radical changes in the policy framework for higher education.