Grupos estratégicos en el sector privado  de la educación superior

Dorys Yaneth Rodríguez Castro; Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia; Juan Aparicio

doi:10.5944/educxx1.26657

Authors

Dorys Yaneth Rodríguez Castro Universidad de Deusto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3824-0013
Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia Universidad de Deusto http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1975-2555
Juan Aparicio Universidad de Deusto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0867-0004

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/educxx1.26657

Keywords:

Strategic groups, Private sector, Higher Education, University classification

Agencies:

Catedra UNESCO-Banco Santander, Departamento de Educación, Política Lingüística y Cultura del Gobierno Vasco, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad.

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to characterize the institutional diversity of the private side of a higher education system. The classification techniques used in the literature have a propensity to compare private higher education institutions with their public counterparts and run the risk of underestimating the impact of the market as a source of institutional differentiation. In this paper we propose an alternative classification that allows this limitation to be overcome. We obtain a multidimensional classification of private higher education institutions and analyze the relationship between their institutional characteristics and the sources of differentiation. The study has been conducted in the Colombian higher education system, as it constitutes one of the systems with the highest rates of privatization worldwide. Our results identify five strategic groups of private higher education institutions. Distance learning, the offer of technical and technological programs, and postgraduate training are key factors determining the differences across Colombian private higher education institutions. The approach followed in this paper could be used to identify potential paths for the development and expansion of private higher education institutions, further contributing to the sustainability and competitiveness of higher education systems.

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Author Biographies

Dorys Yaneth Rodríguez Castro, Universidad de Deusto

Doctoranda del Programa de Competitividad Empresarial y Territorial, Innovación y Sostenibilidad (CETIS) de la Deusto Business School, Universidad de Deusto en Donostia-San Sebastián (España). Su área de actuación es la gestión de la investigación y de la innovación en sistemas de políticas públicas, universidades y empresas. E-mail: djrc72@opendeusto.es

Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Universidad de Deusto

Profesor e investigador en el Departamento de Economía de la Deusto Business School, Universidad de Deusto en Donostia-San Sebastián. Sus principales intereses docentes y de investigación se centran en las políticas de ciencia, tecnología e innovación y la gestión de la innovación. E-mail: jmzabala@deusto.es

Juan Aparicio, Universidad de Deusto

Profesor Titular de Universidad en el Departamento de Estadística, Matemáticas e Informática y Director del Instituto Universitario de Investigación “Centro de Investigación Operativa” de la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche. Su línea principal de investigación es la evaluación de la eficiencia y la productividad desde un punto de vista metodológico y aplicado. E-mail: j.aparicio@umh.es

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