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Developing Metrics for Equity, Diversity and Competition New measures for schools and universities

162 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

162 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

162 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Developing Metrics for Equity, Diversity and Competition is a groundbreaking book in the field of educational research. Equity, diversity and competition are critical to our understanding of social justice and the provision of effective education for everyone, and this book develops a new coherent scientific approach to measuring them. New theory and methodologies based on previous research by... Read more

1. Introduction 2. A fair weighting system for ranking tables: measuring quality in Higher Education research 3. Measuring equity and influence on school governance committees and among stakeholder groups: the application of cooperative multi-person game theory 4. Measuring Equity in Student Attainment 5. Modelling a fair market for educational awards and the treatment of oligopolies 6. The Critical Mass of Working Groups: the relationship between quality and size in research centres 7. Measuring competitiveness in Education: the Herfindahl Index 8. Measuring Diversity in Education 9. Problems and Paradoxes 10. References Index