Colleges and universities are vital institutions at the heart of many US cities. Yet existing research offers only partial insights into the US metropolitan geography of HEIs. We use institutional and metro-level data to offer a novel perspective on the geography of single- and multi-HEI metropolitan compositions. Using Latent Profile Analysis, we develop a typology of Higher Education Metros (HEMs), identifying two main classes: Higher Education Centers and College Towns, with finer delineations based on the type and intensity of HEIs. We then assess macro- and micro-level patterns in the HEM types across US metro areas, and examine meso-level representative cases. Our study provides a framework for understanding the metropolitan geography of HEI configurations, serving as a complement to emergent literature examining the relational geography of HEIs. It enables a wider, systematic perspective that generates new insights about the spatial nature of higher education in the US.
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机译：学院和大学是许多美国城市中心的重要机构。然而，现有的研究只能部分地了解高等教育机构的美国大都市地理。我们使用机构和大都市层面的数据，为单和多高等教育大都市的地理结构提供新的视角。使用潜在剖面分析，我们开发了高等教育地铁 （HEM） 的类型学，确定了两个主要类别：高等教育中心和大学城，并根据高等教育机构的类型和强度进行了更精细的划分。然后，我们评估了美国大都市地区 HEM 类型的宏观和微观模式，并研究了中观层面的代表性案例。我们的研究为理解高等教育机构配置的大都市地理提供了一个框架，作为研究高等教育机构关系地理学的新兴文献的补充。它提供了一个更广泛、更系统的视角，对美国高等教育的空间性质产生了新的见解。
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