In an assessment of the condition of higher education in the Anglo-American world, "Multiversities, Ideas, and Democracy," George Fallis, a former dean at York University in Toronto, deplores the growing dominance of economic justifications for universities.
There is thus no justification for a public university to vary admissions standards based on race -- much less, as the University of Texas does, to defend preferences to Hispanics by pointing to the need for a "critical mass" of such students, even as it discriminates against Asians, who comprise a smaller part of the student body.
The scientists of concern to the Broken Pipeline project have also already attained the tenure track at topflight research institutions and thus form a small percentage of the tens of thousands aspiring to and--at least according to the justification that universities offer for meager postdoc pay--training for research careers.
As many wrote to me, the only justification for having expensive research universities is the fact that cutting-edge research updates and keeps alive instruction.
"The university's justification for why they sold the collection is rather short-term.
John M. McCardell Jr., Sewanee's vice chancellor and president, cited figures from the College Board and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities as justification for the freeze.
This will disproportionately affect million+ universities, although the justification for its removal will point to research that shows that raising fees has not reduced the numbers applying fromwidening participation households.
For university, for fiancé, for boyfriend".
The justifications for further expansion are: universities' role in facilitating innovation and the knowledge economy, the superior labour market outcomes of university graduates and satisfying the increased demand for university education.
Extra grants for university students.
