How Do US Universities Want to Be Perceived? Factors Affecting the (Inter)national Identity Claims in Mission Statements

Autor/inn/en	Khalifa, Bayan; Desmidt, Sebastian; Huisman, Jeroen
Titel	How Do US Universities Want to Be Perceived? Factors Affecting the (Inter)national Identity Claims in Mission Statements
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 48 (2023) 3, S.507-520 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Desmidt, Sebastian)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2022.2147155
Schlagwörter	Institutional Characteristics; Institutional Mission; Position Papers; Universities; International Education; Reputation; Comparative Education; Web Sites; School Community Relationship; Global Approach; Classification; Content Analysis; State Universities; Private Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Positionspapier; University; Universität; Internationale Erziehung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Web-Design; Globales Denken; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Inhaltsanalyse; Staatliche Universität; Privathochschule
Abstract	Higher education institutions (HEIs) often function in an environment where various institutional pressures force them to position themselves on a national-international orientation scale in order to gain legitimacy in the eyes of different constituents with different expectations. Empirical insights, however, on how HEIs respond to these forces and position themselves within this debate are largely lacking. Hence, this study builds on organizational identity theory and institutional theory to assess the national and international identity claims expressed by the mission statements, a dominant organizational identity narrative, of HEIs as well as institutional factors affecting the selected position. A mixed methods analysis of the mission statements of 120 US universities indicates that universities' identity claims can be classified in five categories of national claims and five of international claims. The findings suggest that institutional forces affect the position of universities on the national/international continuum but that universities' attempts to reconcile these pressures are much more refined than expected as universities try to strike a subtle balance between being similar and different. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01