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Higher education and the market / edited by Roger Brown. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2011. - xiii, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Roger Brown -- Markets and non-markets / Roger Brown -- The impact of markets / Roger Brown -- Markets in the US higher education system: imperfect competition for undergraduates / Christopher C. Morphew and Barrett J. Taylor -- The developing student market in Australian higher education / Gavin Moodie -- False economy?: multiple markets, reputational hierarchy, and incremental policymaking in UK higher education / William Locke -- Markets in Dutch higher education: improving performance and quality in a hands-off governance setting / Ben Jongbloed -- Portuguese higher education: more competition and less market regulation? / Pedro Teixeira and Alberto Amaral -- Diversification and competition in German higher education / Lydia Hartwig -- Emerging markets in the Finnish system / Seppo Holtta, Tea Janssen, and Jussi Kivisto -- Creeping marketization: where Polish public and private sectors meet / Marek Kwiek -- The marketization of higher education: a perspective from Japan / Futao Huang -- Taming the beast / Roger Brown.

ISBN: 9780415991681 (hbk.) 9780415991698 (pbk.) 9780203849002 (ebk.)

LCCN: 2009-052424

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Education, Higher--Marketing--Cross-cultural studies.

LC Class. No.: LC67.6 / .H53 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 338.4/3378