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This is one of the biggest dangers out there. I know several educators who have advanced degrees who want to get MBAs to make themselves more attractive for administrative posts. My view is that it runs counter what education is about because the focus switches from the value of education to what fields yield jobs, and then we get STEM vs. Humanities, etc.you're making an assumption, which is actually part of a HUGE ideological discussion about post-secondary's place in our society. I do not think you can flatly transpose the 'university is a business' in the same way you can a typical corporation. And I think the distinctions are critical.
In fact, I would say one of the reasons we find ourselves in this discussion and facing this dilemma is because, at least in part, of precisely the transpositional assumptions that the university is a business.
This is, in a lot of ways, a uniquely American way of looking at postsecondary education with its associated costs. They've spiraled out of control and they are way outside the commensurate growth of inflation over the last couple of decades, in particular.
"University is business" and filling admin positions and boardrooms with CEOs and MBAs and business people have played a part.
If anything, I would advocate for a move away from the university-as-business model.
That's not to say there aren't valid concerns here for tuition-paying people.
But a public instution of postsecondary education run on non-profit ideals cannot be flatly, directly compared to Big Time Corporation, Inc or even Mom and Pop's.