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Who owns the universities? The battle for university independence and against the dependency culture
Author(s) -
Hills Sir Graham
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1990.tb01953.x
Subject(s) - battle , independence (probability theory) , dependency (uml) , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , cover (algebra) , public administration , political science , business , accounting , management , economics , engineering , mathematics , geography , statistics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , systems engineering , algorithm
Universities have lapsed into an‘abject state of financial dependence on central government’from which they should be reclaimed. Moreover, they are no longer intellectually independent. A 'single, simple financial reform’would make a great difference: universities need to determine the costs of their activities, charging accordingly, and government should once again offer students scholarships which would cover the greater part of the‘basic costs’of their courses.