Kevin Downing, Petrus Johannes Loock, Sarah Gravett

The Impact of Higher Education Ranking Systems on Universities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book lifts the lid on the real impact of higher education ranking systems (HERS) on universities and their stakeholders. It critically analyses the criteria that make up the 'Big Three' global ranking systems and discusses their impact on universities from four very different continents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9780367746148
• ISBN-10: 036774614X
• Artikelnr.: 69893276

Autorenporträt

Kevin Downing is Secretary to Council and Court and Director of the Institutional Research Office at City University of Hong Kong. Petrus Johannes Loock is a Senior Institutional Researcher in the Division of Institutional Planning, Evaluation and Monitoring at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa Sarah Gravett is Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. "Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics" 2. The Context for the Development of
Higher Education Ranking Systems (HERS) 3. The History and Development of
Global Rankings 4. Assessing the Big Three Higher Education Ranking
Systems: Broad Issues and ARWU Detail 5. Assessing the Big Three Higher
Education Ranking Systems: Broad Issues and QS WUR Detail 6. Assessing the
Big Three Higher Education Ranking Systems: Broad Issues and THE WUR Detail
7. The Global Higher Education Arena 8. Rankings, Politics, Geography and
The Global Knowledge Economy 9. Higher Education Ranking Systems: The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly