Idea: Konstantinos Stergiou
Editors: K.I. Stergiou and A.C. Tsikliras (Guest Editor)
Global university rankings, a recent tool for the assessment of higher education institutions, have attained growing attention from university administrations and faculty members, markets, governments, mass media and the public at large. University rankings may affect all aspects directly or indirectly related to academia, such as: university and department curricula, funding and reputation; student admissions, fees and job prospects; faculty member recruitment, promotion and wages; and publication records in terms of both quantity and quality. The articles in this Theme Section cover different methodological, socio-political, economical and ethical ‘hot issues’ emerging from the dominance of rankings in the higher education sector.
Stergiou KI, Tsikliras AC
Global university rankings uncovered: introduction
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Robinson D
The mismeasure of higher education? The corrosive effect of university rankings
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Taylor M, Perakakis P, Trachana V, Gialis S
Rankings are the sorcerer’s new apprentice
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Stergiou KI, Lessenich S
On impact factors and university rankings: from birth to boycott
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Lim CH, Boey F
Strategies for academic and research excellence for a young university: perspectives from Singapore
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Baty P
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2004-2012
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Dearden JA, Grewal R, Lilien GL
Framing the university ranking game: actors, motivations, and actions
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Lynch K
New managerialism, neoliberalism and ranking
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Amsler S
University ranking: a dialogue on turning towards alternatives
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Turner DA
World class universities and international rankings
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Stratilatis C
University rankings and the scientification of social sciences and humanities
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Stergiou KI, Tsikliras AC
Global university reputation and rankings: insights from culturomics
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Tsikliras AC, Robinson D, Stergiou KI
Which came first: the money or the rank?
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