Resource efficiency and economic considerations are a major topic in higher education systems. Universities are urged to improve their outputs as well as their processes. This book provides a multi-perspective collection of research approaches regarding university efficiency. Though based in...

Introduction to the marketisation of higher education and the student as consumer / Frank Furedi -- The march of the market / Roger Brown -- Markets, government, funding and the marketisation of UK higher education / Nick Foskett -- The marketised university : defending the indefensible / Ronald...