The Semantics of Diversity in Higher Education: Differences between the Global North and Global South

Autor/inn/en	Pineda, Pedro; Mishra, Shweta
Titel	The Semantics of Diversity in Higher Education: Differences between the Global North and Global South
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 85 (2023) 4, S.865-886 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pineda, Pedro)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-022-00870-4
Schlagwörter	Semantics; Diversity; Higher Education; Discourse Analysis; Global Approach; Foreign Countries; Inclusion; Race; Sex; Ethnicity; Cultural Differences; Standards; Bibliometrics; Individual Differences; United States; Canada; United Kingdom; Ireland; Europe; Asia; Africa; Middle East; Latin America + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Semantik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Diskursanalyse; Globales Denken; Ausland; Inklusion; Rasse; Abstammung; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Ethnizität; Kultureller Unterschied; Standard; Bibliometrie; Individueller Unterschied; USA; Kanada; Großbritannien; Irland; Europa; Asien; Afrika; Vorderasien; Lateinamerika
Abstract	Inspired by neo-institutional theory, we explore whether the semantics of diversity appears to be global and universal through computer-assisted content analysis of 2378 publications. Diversity discourses are dominant, but only in the USA and Canada, UK and Ireland and Europe, not being present in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Diversity is interpreted differently across regions influenced by the local socio-political settings. Academic literature on diversity first appeared in the USA and Canada in the mid-1970s in relation to race and gender. In other English-speaking countries, diversity gained momentum only in the mid-2000s, with inclusion, gender, ethnicity and cultural diversity being the dominant terminologies. Later in that decade, diversity appeared in the academic literature in Europe, often framed as inclusion and gender. We did not find any evidence that the semantics of diversity has become global or universal and, therefore, question the cultural globalisation and the worldwide standardisation of academic knowledge around the valorisation of individual and collective differences. (As Provided).
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