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The Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance pp 323–341Cite as

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Differentiation without Diversity: The Political Economy of Higher Education Transformation

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Over the past 20 years the field of higher education (HE) has become a crucial site of multidisciplinary investigation. Its perceived strategic function as linchpin of and catalyst to the fullest development of a knowledge-based economy has propelled a vivid academic debate — encouraged and summoned by national political establishments — over how to better harness its potential in order to gain competitive advantages and best compete in the global economy arena.

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  1. Ghent University, Belgium

    Jeroen Huisman

  2. University of Twente, the Netherlands

    Harry de Boer

  3. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    David D. Dill

  4. Cardiff University, UK

    Manuel Souto-Otero

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Dakka, F. (2015). Differentiation without Diversity: The Political Economy of Higher Education Transformation. In: Huisman, J., de Boer, H., Dill, D.D., Souto-Otero, M. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-45617-5_18

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