Álvarez-Castillo José-Luis, Hernández-Lloret Carmen-María, González-González Hugo, Espino-Díaz Luis, Fernández-Caminero Gemma
Department of Education, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Heliyon. 2021 Mar 12;7(3):e06450. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06450. eCollection 2021 Mar.
Higher education across the world is currently in the throes of assuming a commitment to diversity. However, certain critical positions maintain that such evolution is still guided by market principles. Within such a context, this paper explores what attention is given to diversity in Spanish university policies and practices and how it relates to key productivity indicators. To do so, a study with a descriptive and correlational design was conducted, based on analysing institutional documents and surveying chief diversity officers, techniques which provided evidence about diversity philosophy and practices, respectively. The results revealed at least an average level of institutionalisation of diversity, although it did not demonstrate, in most of the areas, any association with indicators derived from a consolidated ranking by productivity in Spain. The conclusion is that Spanish universities have adopted an asymmetric dual model, in which neo-liberal ideas maintain their hegemony while, although subordinately, certain innovations have been consolidated in parallel in order to protect a number of vulnerable groups under the rhetoric of equity and social justice.
当前，世界各地的高等教育正致力于实现多元化。然而，某些关键观点认为，这种演变仍受市场原则的引导。在此背景下，本文探讨了西班牙大学政策与实践中对多元化的关注程度，以及它与关键生产力指标的关系。为此，我们开展了一项具有描述性和相关性设计的研究，该研究基于对机构文件的分析以及对首席多元化官的调查，这些方法分别提供了有关多元化理念和实践的证据。结果显示，多元化至少达到了平均制度化水平，尽管在大多数领域，它与西班牙按生产力综合排名得出的指标并无关联。结论是，西班牙大学采用了一种不对称的二元模式，新自由主义思想保持着主导地位，而在公平和社会正义的言辞下，某些创新虽处于从属地位，但也同时得到了巩固，以保护一些弱势群体。
