The role of institutional factors in shaping university mission statements: A topic‐modeling approach.
Mission statements are common instruments for the strategic positioning of universities. However, there are few large‐scale, cross‐national studies examining the factors that influence the content of universities' mission statements. We address this research gap, exploring the content of 413 mission...
| Publicado en: | Public Administration Review Vol. 85; no. 4; pp. 1187 - 1217 |
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