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| Autor/in | Lang, Daniel W. |
|---|---|
| Institution | Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. |
| Titel | Similarities and Differences: A Case Study in Measuring Diversity and Selecting Peers in Higher Education. Professional File, Spring 1999, Number 18. |
| Quelle | (1999), (33 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Access to Education; Benchmarking; Comparative Analysis; Diversity (Faculty); Diversity (Institutional); Diversity (Student); Educational Quality; Excellence in Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Institutional Characteristics; Institutional Environment; Institutional Evaluation; Organizational Climate; Peer Institutions; Canada |
| Abstract | Diversity is a policy objective pursued by most higher education systems; at the same time these systems are also concerned about equity of access and the quality of educational opportunity. For a variety of reasons, individual institutions attempt to benchmark themselves against other institutions. Both activities involve measurement, classification, and the selection of peer. Although often addressed apart from each other, diversity and peer selection can be conceptually linked within single scales of similarity and dissimilarity, although existing paradigms that explain diversity may be too simple for reliable peer selection and comparison. A case study of the University of Toronto (Canada) is used to discover the connections between diversity and peer selection, test existing paradigms, and develop a modified methodology that can be used for selecting peers and measuring diversity. Among the study's conclusions are: (1) program cost structures affect institutional cost structures to a large enough extent to be detected in rankings of similarity and dissimilarity and in the measurement of diversity; and (2) of the four principal paradigms--resource dependence, natural selection, competition, and social organization--resource dependence appears to be the most robust in measuring differences in diversity; natural selection and social organization provide better explanations of how diversity develops. (Contains 29 references.) (CH) |
| Anmerkungen | Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, University of Manitoba, 220 Sinnot Building, 70 Dysart Road, Winnepeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada. |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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