GLOBAL: Universities Boosting Private Sector Partnerships as State Funding Dwindles
September 1st, 2010
By Lawrence J. Speer
Shrinking state budgets and financial shortfalls linked to the global recession are forcing universities to devise new means of raising revenue, notably through increased interaction with the private sector, according to participants at an international conference at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD).
The accelerating push toward public-private partnerships and other innovative funding methods was one of the principal themes during the 13 to 15 September Institutional Management in Higher Education ...
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