What do positioning paths of universities tell about the diversity of higher education systems? An exploratory study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4096699
AutoresG Barbato (0000-0002-4209-6464, University of Milan, autor correspondente), M Turri (0000-0003-4964-0087, University of Milan)
Ano2020
Volume45
Fascículo9
Páginas1919-1932
Data de publicação2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2019.1619681
OpenAlexW2946711059
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas41

Diversity in Higher Education system has been a central topic for both scholars and policy-makers for decades. Several studies have investigated how to measure diversity and the nature of its determinants so far; however, contradictory empirical evidence has emerged. This paper contributes to this literature by adopting a methodological approach that starts from the analysis of positioning paths of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in order to explore the diversity of HE systems. A comprehensive quantitative analysis performed across two HE systems over time shows how detecting the positioning of HEIs can provide information that an analysis of diversity at the level of the entire system might hide, in particular (I) if and how compliant and distinctiveness are concurrently displayed (II) in which dimensions positioning shifts are more likely to occur and (III) which groups of HEIs influence more the level of diversity in a HE system

Business · Empirical research · Exploratory research · Higher education · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Research Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology