Multidimensional Ranking: The Design and Development of U-Multirank - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 9401780935 ISBN 13 : 9789401780933

Editeur : Springer, 2014

Synopsis

During the last decades ranking has become one of the most controversial issues in higher education and research. It is widely recognized now that, although some of the current rankings can be severely criticized, they seem to be here to stay. In addition, rankings appear to have a great impact on decision-makers at all levels of higher education and research systems worldwide, including in universities. Rankings reflect a growing international competition among universities for talent and resources; at the same time they reinforce competition by their very results. Yet major concerns remain as to the rankings' methodological underpinnings and to their various impacts.

This new book presents a comprehensive overview of the current ‘state of the art’ of ranking in higher education and research, and introduces a completely new approach called ‘multidimensional ranking’. In part 1 rankings are discussed in the broader context of quality assurance and transparency in higher education and research. In addition the many current ranking methodologies are analyzed and critized, and their impacts are explored. In part 2 a new approach to ranking is introduced, based on the basic idea that higher education and research institutions have different profiles and missions and that the performances of these institutions should reflect these differences. This multidimensional approach is operationalized in a new multidimensional and user-driven ranking tool, called U-Multirank. U-Multirank is the outcome of a pilot project, sponsored by the European Commission, in which the new ranking instrument was designed and tested at a global scale.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Ranking higher education institutions is often criticized as a blunt instrument, yet academia accepts that ranking is here to stay. This book assesses current ranking methodologies and introduces a new more sensitive, ‘multidimensional’ approach.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9401780935
• ISBN 13: 9789401780933
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Éditeur: Van Vught Frans A., Ziegele Frank
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