Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2017.1305783
Cluster analysis of higher-education competitiveness in selected European countries
József Kabók
Slobodan Radišić
Bogdan Kuzmanović
Abstract
The subject of research in this paper is higher-education competitiveness on account of its impact on the enhancement of social
and economic competitiveness, as well as on the growth of human
capital and creation of social knowledge. The purpose of this paper
is to group the selected European countries according to higher-education competitiveness, by means of the hierarchical cluster
analysis method, with a special focus on the position of Serbia. Higher-education competitiveness in the chosen countries is analysed by
means of three indicators of competitiveness: the ratio of the number
of students per number of inhabitants, the number of students per
number of employed, as well as the amount of budgetary funds
allocated per student. The research results indicate different higher-education competitiveness in the analysed countries and also the fact
that, according to this analysis, Serbia is in the group of countries with
low competitiveness of higher education.
Keywords
cluster analysis; higher education; competitiveness
Hrčak ID:
182573
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Publication date:
1.12.2017.
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