 MikePremium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA | reply to bolt
Re: The Univ network must control its costs ... A university is still a business. |
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 vpokoPremium
join:2003-07-03
Boston, MA
1 edit | said by Mike:A university is still a business. Universities intentionally give up certain rights that an employer would have for the purpose of promoting academic freedom. They codify this in the university's charter, policies, and in giving tenure to faculty. |
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said by Mike:A university is still a business. A private university may be a business, but public schools are quasi-governmental entities. The primary goal of a business is to generate revenue and profit. A public university's primary goal is to educate it's students, and has typically been placed to educate the citizens of a particular state, using public and private funding. Governments and their entities are NOT businesses, but mechanisms put in place, in the case of the USA, by the citizens to provide public services. My daughter is attending a public university, and she is a CITIZEN, not a customer. So stop being so pro business, with that itchy firing finger, and let the man do his job. |
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