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The idea of capacity in higher education has a highly intuitive resonance: usually, the more the capacity that an institution has, the better it is presumed to be. Like all such easy generalizations, however, the rule tends to be proved by its exceptions. Alternatively, it is often the case that although capacity may be a necessary condition or precondition for an attendant outcome, it is often not a sufficient condition. In this chapter I examine some aspects of capacity in the higher education context and seek to suggest useful ways in which capacity might be conceived of and measured in relation to desirable outcomes.
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Neubauer, D. (2011). Defining and Measuring Capacity in Asia-Pacific Higher Education. In: Neubauer, D., Tanaka, Y. (eds) Access, Equity, and Capacity in Asia-Pacific Higher Education. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119215_4
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