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Citation reference: Harvey, L., 2004-24, Analytic Quality Glossary, Quality Research International, http://www.qualityresearchinternational.com/glossary/
This is a dynamic glossary and the author would welcome any e-mail suggestions for additions or amendments.
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Unitary system
A unitary system is one that has higher education located in a single type of institution.
Unitary systems are compared to binary
systems where higher education is delivered in academic/research oriented
institutions (usually called universities) and more vocationally-oriented
institutions referred to as technikons, polytechnics, Fachhochschulen, and hogescholen.
The unitary versus binary division, in practice, is only indicative. In the UK, for example, the changing of polytechnics to universities supposedly ended the binary system, yet higher education is still split between universities and non-universities (institutes of higher education and some further education colleges).
Campbell and Rozsnyai, (2002, p. 133) define unitary system as:
Higher education in a country offered in one type of institution, consisting of universities or university-like establishments (cf., binary system).
Campbell, C. & Rozsnyai, C., 2002, Quality Assurance and the Development of Course Programmes. Papers on Higher Education Regional University Network on Governance and Management of Higher Education in South East Europe Bucharest, UNESCO.