Regional Layout of Higher Education in the United States:Changing Patterns and Current Characteristics
Since entering the stage of popularization,the total scale of higher education in the United States has undergone a transformation from continuous expansion to significant contraction,with the decrease in the age-appropriate population under stable enrollment rates being a significant reason.The regional layout of higher education at the scale level has become highly balanced,with the correlation coefficient between the enrollment of higher education in each state and its population and GDP remaining above 0.98 since 1990.The number of research universities continues to increase,presenting a coexistence of dispersion and agglomeration:they are distributed across all states and clustered in areas with economic and population agglomeration.There is a general correlation between discipline development and regional industries,with technology-intensive industries having a higher correlation with disciplines.The interactive relationship between the two may be more reasonable when analyzed from the perspective of discipline groups and industrial chains.
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