04904nam 2200601 450 991013658030332120161017155146.09781522508205electronic9781522508199print10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9(CKB)3710000000907893(MiAaPQ)EBC4717524(CaBNVSL)gtp00566454(OCoLC)960848606(IGIG)00150147(EXLCZ)99371000000090789320161012d2017 fy 0engurbn||||m|||ardacontentrdamediardacarrierWorld university rankings and the future of higher education /Kevin Downing and Fraide A. Ganotice, Jr., editorsHershey, Pennsylvania :Information Science Reference,2017.©2017PDFs (533 pages) illustrationsAdvances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership (AEMAL) Book Series,2326-90301-5225-0819-8 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 Jiménez-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 -- 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."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.Advances in educational marketing, administration, and leadership (AEMAL) book series.Universities and collegesRatings and rankingsEducation, HigherEvaluationCitation impactGraduate employmentInstitutional accreditationRanking biasStudent perspectivesUniversities and collegesRatings and rankings.Education, HigherEvaluation.378Downing Kevin1220775Downing KevinGanotice Fraide A.1975-CaBNVSLCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910136580303321World university rankings and the future of higher education2827785UNINA