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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author HAZELKORN, Ellen
Title Understanding rankings and the alternatives implications of higher education
Publication year 2012
Source/Footnote In: Internationalisation of European Higher Education : an EUA/ACA Handbook / Ed.: Michael Gaebel ... - Berlin : Raabe, 2012. - A 2.1-5. - S. 1 - 34
Inventory number 32724
Keywords Hochschule : Wettbewerb ; Hochschule und Staat : allgemein
Abstract Higher education rankings have become an international phenomenon. In today?s world, the talent-catching and knowledge-producing capacity of higher education has become a vital sign of a country?s capacity to participate in world science and the global economy. In the process, rankings are transforming universities and reshaping higher education. Despite the fact that there are over 16,000 higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide, there is a continuing fascination with the standing and trajectory of the top 100, less than 1 % of the world?s institutions. These developments have affected the decisions and opinions of students and their parents, higher education and governments, stakeholders and civil, the media and public opinion ? in both positive and perverse ways. This chapter is divided into five sections: i) provides an understanding of what rankings measure, ii) assesses their shortcomings, iii) discusses the way rankings are influencing higher education decision-making and national policy-making, iv) looks at some alternative methods for measuring and comparing higher education performance, and v) concludes with some recommen-dations for using rankings cautiously and strategically. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)
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