Degree Granting Corporate Universities : Another Look

Purpose: Corporate universities have existed for a long time to disseminate corporate knowledge. Several such corporations have partnered with academic institutions to teach. An even fewer number of corporations started in-house full-length degree programs and this article discusses its aspects.Methodology: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative research examined degree granting corporate universities. A configurative analysis and thematic synthesis were conducted of mixed methods case studies. Findings: There are many reasons for corporations to establish degree granting corporate universities. The reasons for past failures do not have the same validity as they once did.Research limitations: There have been less than two dozen degree granting corporate universities and even fewer are written about in the literature. This research may be biased towards only those cases published in the literature. Not all studies around the topic may have been included in this study. Practical implications: Corporations and employees both can significantly benefit by establishing the scholastic activity of corporate learning within the corporation, which grants formal degrees. Originality/value: Modern factors were considered that may impact decisions about degree granting corporate universities