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World university rankings and the future of higher education

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	World university rankings and the future of higher education/ Kevin Downing and Fraide A. Ganotice, Jr., editors.
other author:	Downing, Kevin,
Published:	Hershey, Pennsylvania :IGI Global, : [2017],
Description:	1 online resource (533 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Universities and colleges - Ratings and rankings. -
Online resource:	http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9
ISBN:	9781522508205 (ebk.)

World university rankings and the future of higher education
World university rankings and the future of higher education[electronic resource] /Kevin Downing and Fraide A. Ganotice, Jr., editors. - Hershey, Pennsylvania :IGI Global,[2017] - 1 online resource (533 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ranking world universities: a decade of refinement, and the road ahead / Ben Sowter, Shadi Hijazi, David Reggio -- Academic performance vs. academic reputation: what comes first: how well you perform or how others see your performance? / Aleksandra Radojicic, Marina Jovanovic-Milenkovic, Veljko Jeremic -- The origins of international rankings / John O'Leary -- University rankings: was academic life perfect before rankings? / Bertil Andersson, Tony Mayer -- The consequences of ranking: theory and reality / Judy Sin Lai Lam -- World class universities and the rest / David A. Turner -- Citations, open access and university rankings / Clive Baldock -- The impact of scale and scope on global university rankings: what we know and what we need to learn / Liang-Cheng Zhang, Andrew C. Worthington -- Analyzing the disciplinary focus of universities: can rankings be a one-size-fits-all? / Nicolas Robinson-Garcia, Evaristo Jimenez-Contreras -- Role of university rankings in the context of lack of resources: national and institutional challenges / Magdalena Platis -- Do high ranked universities have better graduate employment outcomes? / Mahsood Shah, Hai Yen Vu, Winnie Eley -- Uses and abuses of ranking in university strategic planning / Zaw Wint, Kevin Downing -- How students choose the university: personal and institutional factors / Tatjana Kanonire --

Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

"This book is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the implementation of a ranking system for higher education institutions, providing a thorough overview of the impacts of these rankings on educational quality"--Provided by publisher.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9781522508205 (ebk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

787388
Universities and colleges
--Ratings and rankings.Subjects--Index Terms:

Citation impact

LC Class. No.: LB2331.62 / .W67 2017e

Dewey Class. No.: 378

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505 8 $a Overcoming size and subject bias in rankings: a review of various trends and bias in data commonly used in rankings and methods to overcome them / Simon Michael Pratt -- Development and outcomes of a new institutional ranking system for public administration research and scholarship / Adam M. Williams, Derek R. Slagle -- Embedded colonial power: how global ranking systems set parameters for the recognition of knowers, knowledge, and the production of knowledge / Leslie D. Gonzales, Chelsea Waugaman -- Globalization of world university rankings and its impact on Asian universities / Fraide A. Ganotice Jr. [and 4 others] -- Rising up the ranks: a university's journey of change / Zulkarnain Hanafi, Chee Kiong Tong -- Institutional legacy as a context of the implementation of international rankings in the Russian higher education System / Natalia Karmaeva, Tatjana Kanonire -- Building a world-class university and the role of university ranking: a Russian case / Maxim B. Khomyakov -- University rankingphilia and phobia: emerging trajectories and quality assurance in Africa / Peter Akinsola Okebukola -- King Abdulaziz University path to the excellence: mapping between accreditation and ranking systems / Abdulfattah S. Mashat, Habib M. Fardoun.
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