Rationalization of Higher Education
Title
Rationalization of Higher Education
Author
Cottom, Tressie McMillan
Tuchman, Gaye
Research Area
Social Institutions
Topic
Educational Institutions
Abstract
Since roughly 1980, the rationalization of higher education has been escalating. That is, means‐end schema and bureaucratic organization have become ever more dominant as the authority over academic matters has been shifting from the professoriate to managers who in the mid‐twentieth century had been mainly responsible for economic affairs and “making things run.” At many research universities today, the administrative sector has grown so large that the budget devoted to administrative salaries and benefits exceeds the monies reserved for faculty.