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There is no question that college and universities, public and private, face one of the most challenging periods in their history. [J. Gilley, K. Fulmer and S. Rethlingshoefer, Searching For Academic Excellence, New York, Macmillan, 1986, p. 3.]
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Peterson, R.D. (1991). Higher Education. In: Political Economy and American Capitalism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3874-1_12
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