Hello, I am new to the Academy of Management, a Ph.D. student at
Fielding Graduate University, but also a twenty-five year veteran of
employment with Minnesota State government. I have served in two
agencies, and currently serve as internal organization development
consultant at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
I have seen budgets ebb and flow in these public positions, but in my
current position, I see real concern among senior administrators
regarding the privatization of public higher education. More and more of
the funding burden has shifted to tuition rather than public
appropriations. Higher education is being viewed more as a private
benefit than a public good. Access to education is the hallmark of the
system in which I work, so perhaps we feel it more strongly than other
institutions of higher education. At the same time, competition for
entry to some schools has become so fierce that I wonder who will be
either able to get into college or university in future or once in, to
continue to be able to finance.
I think that's a major paradigm shift and raises questions about what
type of society we want.
Let me know if you would like to discuss this further. Good luck with
your research!
Julie Julie Smendzuik-O'Brien, M.P.A., CQM Organizational Improvement
Program Coordinator Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Office of Internal Auditing
Wells Fargo Place
30 7th Street East, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101
phone: 651.649.5753
fax: 651.296.8488
>>> Charles Wankel <
wankelc@OPTONLINE.NET> 04/01/06 5:27 PM >>>
I am undertaking a book project focused on the 100 "key" business and
management topics, issues, or debates that any undergraduate business
major
should master for effectiveness in the 21st century. What
public/nonprofit
management issues starkly should be included? It would be helpful if you
provide associated recommended citations that have breakthrough insight
into
the issues. Thanks for your collegial help!
Collegially,
Charles Wankel
St. John's University, New York
wankelc@stjohns.edu