The For-Profit Provision of Educational Services

Christian Schierenbeck ()

Chapter Chapter 10 in Fixing Higher Education, 2013, pp 131-141 from Springer

Abstract: Zusammenfassung Chapters 4 through 9 discussed direct levers to boost productivity. The final three chapters in this second part will explore ways to improve productivity in an indirect way by building a strong overall long-term institutional performance capacity. Perhaps the most fundamental requirement for an institution of higher education to maintain its performance capacity is its access to funds, which are needed to fuel the provision of its services. This chapter contrasts two generic models for obtaining access to such funds: the nonprofit model and the for-profit model. The first section of this chapter portrays a trend toward for-profit models to tackle social causes. The second section discusses the drawbacks of the nonprofit model of higher education. The final section highlights the benefits of the for-profit provision of educational services.

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Sector; Social Entrepreneur; Equity Investor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-00213-8_10

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