Foreign Donations in the Higher Education Sector of the United States and the United Kingdom: Pathways for Reputation Laundering

Autor/inn/en	Cooley, Alexander; Prelec, Tena; Heathershaw, John
Titel	Foreign Donations in the Higher Education Sector of the United States and the United Kingdom: Pathways for Reputation Laundering
Quelle	In: Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 14 (2022) 5, S.43-79 (37 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2151-0393
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Educational Finance; Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Reputation; Universities; Institutional Characteristics; Donors; Selective Admission; College Admission; Compliance (Legal); Financial Support; Naming; Academic Degrees; Awards; Fund Raising; School Personnel; Governing Boards; College Administration; International Relations; Foreign Nationals; United States; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsfonds; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; University; Universität; Bildungsselektion; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Finanzielle Förderung; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Award; Auszeichnung; Fundraising; Spendensammlung; Schulpersonal; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Internationale Beziehungen; Ausländer; Ausländerin; USA; Großbritannien
Abstract	We explore how the influx of foreign funding into the higher education sectors of the United States and United Kingdom has raised the challenge of "reputation laundering"--when foreign donors and individuals use donations to prestigious universities to boost their international public image and offset negative images or reported controversies back in their home country. We outline four pathways for reputation laundering--donations for academic programs/schools, naming rights, honorary degrees and board seats; and the offer of favorable admissions decisions--and examine the variety of policies, practices and safeguards that have been adopted by U.K. and U.S. universities in response. We present evidence, drawn from a survey of U.K. development officers, that university diligence procedures, which usually focus on compliance with the law, often are inadequate for filtering or deterring most types of reputation laundering. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01