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The respondents were asked also to identify the three ‘most important’ dimensions and the three
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‘least important’ dimensions. The responses are not very consistent with the previous results:
‘cultural engagement’ is considered most often to be ‘least important’, and ‘involvement in LLL’ is
also relatively often mentioned as least important. In contrast with the previous results, ‘European
research profi le’ is not considered to be ‘least important’ and ‘regional engagement’ and ‘public/
private character’ are. Research intensiveness and highest type of degree are considered most
often as most important. The low score of ‘international orientation’ and ‘size’ is not in line with the
previous results.
Dimensions may be seen as essential for the profi le of a higher education institution, but the
same dimensions for one institution are not necessarily the most important ones for another. Some
comments on the ranking of dimensions corroborated this conclusion.
Figure 3: Scores on the three ‘most important’ and the three ‘least important’ dimensions
Regional engagement
Cultural engagement
Public private
Mode of delivery
Size
European res profile
International orientation
Innovation intens
most important
least important
Research intens
LLL
orientation
Range of subjects
Type of degree
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As a result of the pilot survey, the project team developed an instrument for showing the different
profi les of the higher education institutions involved.
MAPPING DIVERSITY
In the fi gure below, the responses are presented by case, thus providing institutional profi les that
may be read as ‘mission-driven’ profi les.