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Paper (refereed) Industry/College Partnerships

Recommended Citation: Burroughs, R E and I Nickerson. Do Industry-University Alliance Programs Corrupt the Mission of the University: A Theoretical Perspective. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2000, v 17 (Philadelphia): §303.

Do Industry-University Alliance Programs Corrupt the Mission of the University: A Theoretical Perspective

Refereed

Richard E. Burroughs    [a1] [a2]
Andreas School of Business
Barry University    [u1] [u2]
Miami Shores, Florida, USA    [c1] [c2]

Inge Nickerson    [a1] [a2]
Andreas School of Business
Barry University    [u1] [u2]
Miami Shores, Florida, USA    [c1] [c2]

Industry-University alliance programs allow educational institutions to train students on current products at reduced prices. One consequence in that students are exposed to one product over another. This paper theorizes an educational program tilted toward one vendor's products result in unintended, long-term consequences for the student. Is the student harmed by learning Oracle versus Informix (for example)? Do such programs reduce the university to a technical training institute? The problem is described in this paper from the perspective of the student, the vendor, and the professor. The analysis of this phenomenon builds on Lederer and Mendelow's (Lederer and Mendelow 1990) model of the impact of the environment on I.T. evolution. A model is developed which suggests mitigating strategies and possible outcomes.

Keywords: resource dependence, transaction cost economics, vendor selection, vendor bias, industry-university alliance

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