Michelle Stack

Gebundenes Buch

Global University Rankings and the Mediatization of Higher Education

Beschreibung

Why do university leaders continue to pay attention to ranking systems despite research suggesting substantial flaws? This book delves into the role of media in generating powerful images of what it means to be a world-class university and how this can create difficult scenarios for university leaders.

Autor

Michelle Stack is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her research centers on the role of media and market logics in the transformation of education; media education; and media-academic communication aimed at expanding public debate about what a good education is. Prior to becoming an academic Michelle was a communications director and policy consultant.

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-47594-7
• 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781137475947
• ISBN-10: 1137475943
• Artikelnr.: 43370175