Striking a Balance between Becoming Entrepreneurial, Nurturing the Academic Heartland and Transforming a Higher Education Institution.

Fourie, Frederick; Fourie, Magda

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Publication Date: 2001

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Striking a Balance between Becoming Entrepreneurial, Nurturing the Academic Heartland and Transforming a Higher Education Institution.

Fourie, Frederick; Fourie, Magda

Higher Education Management, v13 n3 p65-84 2001

Describes adoption of an entrepreneurial approach by South Africa's University of the Free State. Analyzes how three imperatives for change--the entrepreneurial approach, nurturing the academic heartland, and transforming in response to sociopolitical changes--are proving to be uneasy bedfellows, giving rise to unexpected polarities and tensions. (EV)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Organizational Change, Resistance to Change

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Language: English

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