The mismeasure of higher education? The corrosive effect of university rankings

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ID12858245
AutoresD Robinson (0000-0002-3222-6122, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume13
Fascículo2
Páginas65-71
Data de publicação2013-05-17
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthics in Science and Environmental Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1611-8014 • E-ISSN: 1863-5415
EditoraI nt er-R es ea rc h (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.3354/esep00135
OpenAlexW2328316657
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas7

This paper examines the limitations and biases of world university rankings and asks what drivers explain their ongoing proliferation and popularity. It is argued that rankings are having a corrosive effect on higher education systems, institutions and staff by encouraging policy reforms at the governmental level and a reallocation of resources at the institutional level that may improve standings in the rankings but do not necessarily enhance quality research and teaching. Global rankings are linked to the rise of an international market in higher education, particularly with respect to international students. The author argues that what is at stake in the debate over university rankings is fundamentally whether higher education is to be thought of as having intrinsic value, or whether it is defined narrowly in instrumentalist and consumerist terms

Citation · Higher education · Instrumentalism · Media studies · Political science · Popularity · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Learning Practices · Law

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