Posts by Timothy McGettigan
Colorado Stealth University
By Timothy McGettigan |
07.21.09 | 12:24 pm
Over the past few years, the Colorado State University Board of Governors has become increasingly secretive. During the spring of 2009, the BOG’s stealth maneuvers became so extreme that several Colorado legislators introduced House Bill 1369, which was intended to require the…
The business of higher education: Extracting profit impoverishes purpose
By Timothy McGettigan |
06.06.09 | 10:57 am
In recent years, colleges and universities have encountered increasing pressure to operate like businesses. As the logic goes, businesses must survive in a cutthroat climate of unfettered competition and, thus, their organizations need to be leaner, more efficient and more responsive to the needs of their customers than not-for-profit organizations, such as colleges and universities.
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