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Quasi-Markets in U.S. Higher Education: The Humanities and Institutional Revenues
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 84, Number 5, September/October 2013
- pp. 675-707
- 10.1353/jhe.2013.0030
- Article
- Additional Information
We conceptualize colleges and universities as embedded in quasi-markets, meaning competitive sites created by policy, that disfavor the humanities. We therefore posit that increased revenues from a quasi-market predict institutional de-emphasis of the humanities. Results indicate that private colleges and universities follow this pattern while public institutions do not.