Universities are funny places!

Author/s: Ann Lawless

Edition: Volume 46, Number 2, April 2006

Summary: Universities are funny places. They have a strong sense of hierarchy and rank. They have an amazing disparity in salary levels and status between staff, are class conscious, and are run by a large bureaucracy that oils and keeps the machinery going. They operate as educational institutions and yet also are entrepreneurial, marketing themselves in a competitive search for students and research resources.

Keywords: universities, hierarchy, rank, status, class conscious, competitive

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