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Gathering unique and thoughtful contributions from leading
international scholars, this timely Research Handbook offers
diverse perspectives on university rankings twenty years after the
first global rankings emerged. It presents an in-depth analysis
that reflects the current state of research on rankings, their
influence and impact. The Research Handbook explores how rankings
and their impacts can be theorized and conceptualized, as well as
the methodological tensions that rankings generate. It further
examines how rankings have affected institutional behaviours and
interacted with the quality agenda in higher education, examining
what rankings mean for equity, teaching and learning, and students.
Chapters also analyse how rankings interact with and accentuate the
geopolitics of higher education, looking ahead to emergent policy
issues and responses to rankings. Higher education researchers,
policy and decision makers as well as rankings followers will find
the critical insights into globalisation and geopolitics, quality
assurance, international comparability and assessment, and student
outcomes and learning in this Research Handbook interesting. It
will also be a useful read for higher education and university
leaders and managers wanting a better understanding of rankings and
their usefulness and challenges.
The role, scale and expectations of higher education institutions
have changed dramatically in recent times as knowledge-intensity
has become a key determinant of economic competitiveness. Higher
education institutions face increasing pressure to demonstrate
their fitness to meet the needs of society and individuals.
Questions about the quality, performance and productivity of higher
education are central to these concerns, of relevance to society,
governments and students. This Handbook brings together a group of
international scholars to address these issues and propose how to
move beyond them. This Handbook is the first comprehensive
reference, laying out current research in the field, and bringing
it up-to-date with cutting-edge theoretical and empirical
contributions from leading international experts. Blending new
research with richly contextualised national and regional examples,
the authors give authoritative insights from around the globe on
how best to understand, assess and improve quality, performance and
accountability in higher education. This Handbook will become an
invaluable tool for practitioners in higher education and education
policy-making as well as researchers and students of social science
and public policy. Contributors include: K.S. Adeyemo, K.
Aleksandriyskaya, A. Amaral, S. Archer, I. Austin, E. Bell, P.
Benneworth, C. Blanco, V. Borden, R. Bringle, R. Brown, H. Coates,
G. Croucher, D. Dill, M. Dobbins, D. Edwards, A. Fryar, S.
Fukahori, A. Gibson, F. Guo, M. Hanlon, L. Harvey, E. Hazelkorn, M.
Hicks, N. Hillman, A.Y.-c.Hou, F. Huang, J. Huisman, Y. Ibrahim, R.
Ismail, N. Jankowski, E. Jerez, G. Jones, B. Jongbloed, J.
Jungblut, P. Kelly, R. King, K. Kinser, M. Klemencic, G. Kuh, J.
Lane, L. Lange, M.C. Lennon, S.E. Lid, N.C. Liu, Y. Luo, M. Mahat,
J. Marino, M. Martin, W.F Massy, A.C. McCormick, K. Moore, S. Moyo,
P. Noonan, D. Orr, R. Shavelson, J. Shi, O.-J. Skodvin, B.
Stensaker, F. Strydom, P. Teixeira, R. Tijssen, O. Troitschanskaia,
A. Usher, F. van Vught, N.V. Varghese, H. Vossensteyn, M.
Vukasovic, R. Wagenaar, C.D. Wan, E. Weber, H.P. Weingarten, W.
Wen, D. Westerheijden, R. Williams, T. Yang, N. Zeeman, L. Zhang
'This book provides a welcome and highly relevant analysis of civic
universities-academic institutions with particularly strong ties to
their cities and regions in terms of research, teaching and civic
engagement. These universities are especially relevant in the 21st
century, and often forgotten by analysts and policy makers alike
who are too busy chasing rankings. The conceptual framework as well
as the case studies included in this book are equally valuable.' -
Philip Altbach, Boston College By exploring a normative model of
universities as institutions with a responsibility to contribute to
the public good, this book addresses the leadership, management and
public policy challenges of maximizing higher education's
contribution to civil society. It codifies the extensive academic
literature in this field and reviews higher education and other
public policies that both drive and inhibit civic engagement both
globally and locally. Comparing experiences and reports of an
institutional developmental process undertaken in eight distinctive
universities in four European countries and guided by the editors
the book explores key questions such as: what is the Civic
University, and how can we use this concept to understand higher
education's engagement with the outside world in varying
institutional and geographical contexts? What are the appropriate
internal structures and mechanisms required for a university to
effectively encourage and support civic engagement activity for the
greatest societal impact?How can embedding civic engagement in
individual institutions and wider systems be facilitated by changes
in higher education and related policies at the sub-national,
national and European level? Succinct and discerning, The Civic
University will be of great interest to academics working in the
fields of higher education, science and innovation studies and
community and city development. It will also appeal to university
leaders and organisers of institutional leadership development
programmes along with city leaders and policy makers at national
and international levels.
Global rankings and the Geopolitics of Higher Education is an
examination of the impact and influence that university rankings
have had on higher education, policy and public opinion in recent
years. Bringing together some of the most informed authorities on
this very complex issue, this edited collection of specially
commissioned chapters examines the changes affecting higher
education and the implications for society and the economy. Split
into four interrelated sections, this book covers: The development
of rankings in higher education, how they have impacted upon both
the production of knowledge and its geography, and their influence
in shaping policymaking. Overviews of the significance of rankings
for higher education systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, Russia, South
America, India and North America. An analysis of rankings in
relation to key concerns that pervade contemporary higher
education. Examination of the role rankings are likely to play in
the future directions for higher education. This is a significant
scholarly work that analyses in depth an important development in
higher education systems, and which is likely to have an important
influence upon how we understand the higher education policy-making
process - past, present and future. It provides new analysis and
conceptual understanding for researchers, and firm evidence for
policy makers to use when addressing the value of rankings in
measuring the quality of their institutions. Besides bringing
together a powerful cast of academics, this book incorporates
contributions from heads of important international higher
education organisations - from both those involved in making and
also in administering key decisions. This timely, reflective and
accessible book forms crucial reading for those studying the
subject of rankings, as well as the broader implications and
unintended consequences of rankings on national higher education
policies. Extending beyond academic researchers and students, this
book will also be of significant interest to policymakers, higher
education leaders and key stakeholders.
Global rankings and the Geopolitics of Higher Education is an
examination of the impact and influence that university rankings
have had on higher education, policy and public opinion in recent
years. Bringing together some of the most informed authorities on
this very complex issue, this edited collection of specially
commissioned chapters examines the changes affecting higher
education and the implications for society and the economy. Split
into four interrelated sections, this book covers: The development
of rankings in higher education, how they have impacted upon both
the production of knowledge and its geography, and their influence
in shaping policymaking. Overviews of the significance of rankings
for higher education systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, Russia, South
America, India and North America. An analysis of rankings in
relation to key concerns that pervade contemporary higher
education. Examination of the role rankings are likely to play in
the future directions for higher education. This is a significant
scholarly work that analyses in depth an important development in
higher education systems, and which is likely to have an important
influence upon how we understand the higher education policy-making
process - past, present and future. It provides new analysis and
conceptual understanding for researchers, and firm evidence for
policy makers to use when addressing the value of rankings in
measuring the quality of their institutions. Besides bringing
together a powerful cast of academics, this book incorporates
contributions from heads of important international higher
education organisations - from both those involved in making and
also in administering key decisions. This timely, reflective and
accessible book forms crucial reading for those studying the
subject of rankings, as well as the broader implications and
unintended consequences of rankings on national higher education
policies. Extending beyond academic researchers and students, this
book will also be of significant interest to policymakers, higher
education leaders and key stakeholders.
University rankings have gained popularity around the world and are
now a significant factor shaping reputation. This second edition
updates Ellen Hazelkorn's first comprehensive study of rankings
from a global perspective, drawing in new original research and
extensive analysis. It is essential reading for policymakers,
managers and scholars.
University rankings have gained popularity around the world and are
now a significant factor shaping reputation. This second edition
updates Ellen Hazelkorn's first comprehensive study of rankings
from a global perspective, drawing in new original research and
extensive analysis. It is essential reading for policymakers,
managers and scholars.
University rankings have gained popularity around the world and are
now a significant factor shaping reputation. This second edition
updates Ellen Hazelkorn's first comprehensive study of rankings
from a global perspective, drawing in new original research and
extensive analysis. It is essential reading for policymakers,
managers and scholars.
Drawing on original international research by a cross-European
social science team, this book makes an important contribution to
the discussion about the future of arts and humanities research. It
explores the responses of these fields to the growing range of
questions being asked about the value, impact and benefit of
publicly-funded research. The objective is to better understand
what really matters rather than what is easily measured. The book
increases our understanding of the contribution which
university-based arts and humanities research makes to society and
the economy by exploring how it is defined, appreciated and
accounted for by researchers, policymakers and civil society. It
identifies appropriate practices and methodologies to assess and
demonstrate quality and value beyond the academy. The book will be
essential reading for researchers and policymakers, as well as
research organisations and anyone interested in the arts and
humanities.
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