Rankings and the reshaping of higher education : the battle for world-class excellence

Rankings and the reshaping of higher education : the battle for world-class excellence /

"University rankings have gained popularity around the world, and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This book is the first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, making an important contribution to our understanding of the rankings phenomenon"--

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Main Author: Hazelkorn, Ellen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Evaluation > Cross-cultural studies.
Universities and colleges > Evaluation > Cross-cultural studies.
Higher education and state > Cross-cultural studies.
Education and globalization.
Enseignement supérieur > Évaluation > Études transculturelles.
Universités > Évaluation > Études transculturelles.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > Études transculturelles.
Éducation et mondialisation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
EDUCATION > Higher.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Enseignement supérieur.
Universités.
Qualité de l'éducation.
Evaluation.
Analyse comparative.
Mondialisation.
Education, Higher > Evaluation.
Higher education and state.
Universities and colleges > Evaluation.
Hochschule.
Internationaler Vergleich
Ranking
Rangstatistik.
Internationaler Vergleich.
Hochschulreform.
Högskoleutbildning > utvärdering > jämförande studier.
Globalisering.
Monde.
Cross-cultural studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and acknowledgements
  • Globalisation and the reputation race
  • What rankings measure
  • Impact and influence of rankings: the view from inside higher education
  • Rankings, student choice and recruitment
  • Rankings and policy choices
  • Reshaping higher education
  • Appendix: methodology
  • References.

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