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

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ID4096699
AutoresG Barbato (0000-0002-4209-6464, University of Milan, autor de correspondencia), M Turri (0000-0003-4964-0087, University of Milan)
Año2020
Volumen45
Número9
Páginas1919-1932
Fecha de publicación2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2019.1619681
OpenAlexW2946711059
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias 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