Tight M. " Bridging the Divide: A comparative analysis of articles in higher education journals published inside and outside North America " HIGHER EDUCATION 53 (2): 235-253 FEB 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: m.tight at lancaster.ac.uk 

Title: Bridging the Divide: A comparative analysis of articles in higher 
education journals published inside and outside North America 

Author(s): Tight M (Tight, Malcolm) 

Source: HIGHER EDUCATION 53 (2): 235-253 FEB 2007 
Document Type: Article 
Language: English 
Cited References: 21      Times Cited: 0        

Abstract: 
Articles published in three leading North American higher education 
journals during the year 2000 are compared with those published in three 
leading, English language, non-North American higher education journals 
(and with a larger sample of fourteen such journals). The comparison 
focuses on the location of their authors, the themes researched, the levels 
at which the analyses are pitched, the methods and methodologies employed, 
and the explicitness of both methodological and theoretical engagement. 
Compared to the non-North American sample, the North American articles 
evidence a dominance of North American-based authors, a greater focus on 
the student experience, and on institutional and national level studies, 
and a much stronger emphasis on multivariate analysis as a method. Articles 
in the North American sample were also more likely to be both 
methodologically and theoretically explicit. Possible reasons for the 
divergent patterns observed are identified and discussed. 


Addresses: Tight M (reprint author), Univ Lancaster, Dept Educ Res, 
Lancaster LA1 4YL, England
Univ Lancaster, Dept Educ Res, Lancaster LA1 4YL, England

E-mail Addresses: m.tight at lancaster.ac.uk 

Publisher: SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS 
Subject Category: Education & Educational Research 
IDS Number: 123DY 

ISSN: 0018-1560 


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