Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education

The Battle for World-Class Excellence

Ellen Hazelkorn (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2015 | Second Edition 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-44666-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Ellen Hazelkorn is Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (HEA), and Emeritus Professor and Director, Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. She is also President of the European Association of Institutional Research (EAIR), and a member the Advisory Board and Management Committee of the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Institute of Education, University College London. Ellen publishes widely on issues of higher education policy, and works as a specialist with international organisations, governments, and universities around the world.

Preface to Second Edition Introduction.- 1. Globalisation and the Reputation Race.- 2. What Rankings Measure.- 3. Impact and Influence of Rankings - The View From Inside Higher Education.- 4. Rankings, Student Choice and Recruitment.- 5. Rankings and Policy Choices.- 6. Reshaping Higher Education.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.3.2015
Zusatzinfo	XXV, 304 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-137-44666-8 / 1137446668
ISBN-13	978-1-137-44666-4 / 9781137446664
Zustand	Neuware