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ERIC Number: EJ512110
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
A Case of Bureaucratic Accretion: Context and Consequences.
Gumport, Patricia J.; Pusser, Brian
Journal of Higher Education, v66 n5 p493-520 Sep-Oct 1995
Examination of data from a 25-year period at the University of California shows disproportionate growth in expenditures for administration relative to instruction. Factors accounting for administrative growth are discussed, as are the contradictory pressures on the university to adapt to environmental complexity and political economic demands during retrenchment. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Case Studies, College Administration, Economic Change, Educational Economics, Expenditures, Higher Education, Multicampus Colleges, Political Influences, Politics of Education, Retrenchment, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: University of California