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Analyzing Public Relations As A Strategic Management Function At Sec Universities, Whitney Harder Jan 2019

Analyzing Public Relations As A Strategic Management Function At Sec Universities, Whitney Harder

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A changing higher education landscape – rising costs, competition and skepticism – coupled with a changing media and communications landscape – a 24/7 news cycle with fewer local journalists, new technology and the expectation of instant and constant communication – have pushed universities to try to become more effective and efficient in telling their institutional stories to multiple stakeholder groups. Institutional leaders are concerned about how higher education and their institutions present public value and communicate their impact on both the students they graduate and their communities. But how are they using public relations and communications to deliver solutions for …