GLOBAL: Run universities like supermarkets, consultant tells OECD conference
September 1st, 2010
BY Lawrence J. Speer
A senior manager with the London-based strategy and insight consultancy SHM has suggested universities and other higher education institutions be run like supermarkets. Paul Gillooly presented this provocative idea on September 13, during a presentation to an incredulous group of government officials and university leaders. They were participating in the Institutional Management in Higher Education conference, sponsored by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD).
His ideas were most topical given the ...
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