Bridging Perceptions and Realities: Community Expectations and the Public Value of Higher Education in Local Contexts

This dataset accompanies the study “Bridging Perceptions and Realities: Community Expectations and the Public Value of Higher Education in Local Contexts.” It contains anonymized data collected from local community members and higher education stakeholders. The dataset includes interview transcripts and coded themes that explore how communities perceive the role and value of higher education institutions in local development. All personally identifying information has been removed.