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Why Can't a Firm Be More Like a College?
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Hanson, Chad – Thought & Action, 2012
Why can't colleges act more like businesses? For the past century, legislators, boards of trustees, and private sector leaders have been befuddled by academic traditions. The scions of law-making and industry have scratched their heads and wondered why institutions of higher learning do not respond to the same prompts and incentives that work well…
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