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    Massification, competition and organizational diversity in higher education: evidence from Italy

    Rossi, Federica (2010) Massification, competition and organizational diversity in higher education: evidence from Italy. Studies in Higher Education 35 (3), pp. 277-300. ISSN 0307-5079.

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    Abstract

    The article explores whether, and to what extent, several trends that have taken place in most higher education systems in the last few decades – such as massification, privatization, increased competition for students and for research funds – stimulate more diversity between institutions. This question is widely debated, both empirically and theoretically. Using Italian data, the dynamics of organizational diversity are analysed with respect to several features of higher education institutions, namely: (1) size, (2) specialization, and (3) mission orientation. This multidimensional approach offers some interesting results, both in their own right as well as in a comparative perspective with studies that have investigated similar issues in other countries.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): higher education, privatization, competition, diversity, organization studies
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School
    Research Centres and Institutes: Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck Centre for
    Depositing User: Sarah Hall
    Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2014 14:42
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:13
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/10664

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