Institutional Typologies and Quantitative Analyses on Higher Education

Abstract

The production of scientific studies or studies that support the formulation and implementation of public policies in each Higher Education (HE) system must rely on information about its own internal dynamics. Usually, such analyses take as reference categories defined by the formal structure of HE, which are not capable of univocally guiding the strategic and pedagogical decisions of the sponsors and administrators of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). In this regard, the application of statistical methods is addressed as another way of approaching HE dynamics, allowing for a perspective that goes beyond the structure set forth in current legislation, by unveiling analytical frameworks delimited from data that are representative of the reality of HEIs..

Keywords
Institutional Typology; Higher Education; Multivariate Analyses; Factor Analysis; Cluster Analysis