The growth process of higher education institutions and public policies
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Highlights：
• The growth over time of the size of higher education institutions (HEIs), as measured by the number of academic staff, is largely proportional to their size, leading to a nearly log-normal distribution of size (Gibrat's law).
• The growth of the number of students and HEI's reputation level positively influences HEI growth.
• For “universities”, growth is driven by past size and by reputation, while the increase in the number of students plays a very limited role, the growth process of UASs is mostly driven by the increase in the number of students.
摘要
•The growth over time of the size of higher education institutions (HEIs), as measured by the number of academic staff, is largely proportional to their size, leading to a nearly log-normal distribution of size (Gibrat's law).•The growth of the number of students and HEI's reputation level positively influences HEI growth.•For “universities”, growth is driven by past size and by reputation, while the increase in the number of students plays a very limited role, the growth process of UASs is mostly driven by the increase in the number of students.
论文关键词：Organizational size,Growth process,Higher education institutions,Gibrat's law,Cumulative advantage
论文评审过程：Received 26 October 2015, Revised 3 January 2016, Accepted 3 January 2016, Available online 11 February 2016, Version of Record 11 February 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2016.01.001
