Are University Students Products or Customers?
6 Pages Posted: 1 Nov 2018
Date Written: September 25, 2018
Abstract
Are universities the means by which a society produces employees to fulfil specific roles in the economy? Or should we cater to the needs and desires of individual students (and their parents)? Put more simply, are our students products? Or are they customers?
Keywords: Universities, Academia, Academics, Employment, Education, Metaphors, Language
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Chesterman, Simon, Are University Students Products or Customers? (September 25, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3253519 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3253519
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