Higher Education in the United States: Laissez-Faire, Differentiation, and Research

IF 4.5 3区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Asian Economic Policy Review Pub Date : 2023-02-19 DOI:10.1111/aepr.12419

Miguel Urquiola

引用次数: 3

Abstract

The U.S. higher education system stands out in three dimensions. First, it has the highest number of leading research universities. Second, it displays significant differentiation: multiple types of institutions offer services that differ in cost, prestige, etc. Third, it has a laissez-faire/free-market orientation: private and public entities are free to open schools and compete; essentially all schools enjoy substantial autonomy. This paper makes the case that these features are systematically related. The development of the American higher education market—which allowed market forces to operate and lacked centralized planning—contributed to the emergence of differentiation and a set of leading research universities.

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美国高等教育：公平、差异与研究

美国的高等教育体系在三个方面都很突出。首先，它拥有最多的顶尖研究型大学。第二，它表现出显著的差异：多种类型的机构提供的服务在成本、声望等方面有所不同。第三，它具有自由放任/自由市场导向：私营和公共实体可以自由开办学校和竞争；基本上所有的学校都享有很大的自主权。本文论证了这些特征是系统相关的。美国高等教育市场的发展——允许市场力量运作，缺乏集中规划——促成了差异化和一批领先的研究型大学的出现。

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Asian Economic Policy Review ECONOMICS-

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12.90

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2.60%

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