Abstract
Even though marketing in higher education (HE) is well established, there is a continued debate about who the customer is, with many still not accepting that students should be viewed as customers in HE. The student as customer model has its opponents and proponents. This paper reframes the debate using the framework of market orientation, customer orientation, and service (including co-creation) and relationship marketing. Using newer conceptualizations of the role of customers, the paper recommends exploring how to respond to students as customers instead of continuing to deny that students are customers.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 132-142 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Marketing for Higher Education |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Education
- Marketing
Keywords
- Higher education
- marketing in higher education
- marketing of higher education
- students as customers
- student–customer orientation