The Book Of World Rankings

Author : George Thomas Kurian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Book of World Rankings written by George Thomas Kurian and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now updated for the year 2000, this is the fifth edition of Kurian's highly regarded and widely used reference tool, which was cited as an ALA Outstanding Reference when originally published. Rankings are an essential resource for doing research, and help in evaluating the position of a country compared to its counterparts. New rankings for this edition cover Personal Computers, Fax Machines, Internet Hosts, Cellular Phones, Economic Freedom Index, Global Competitiveness, Business Environment, Largest Businesses, Stock Market Capitalization, and Music Sales. This is a handy reference no library should be without.

Author : Ellen Hazelkorn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137446676
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education written by Ellen Hazelkorn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : George Thomas Kurian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Book of World Rankings written by George Thomas Kurian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1997 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying CD-ROM has listings of world rankings in multiple areas.

Author : Michelle Stack
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global University Rankings and the Politics of Knowledge written by Michelle Stack and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many institutions, to ignore your university’s ranking is to become invisible, a risky proposition in a competitive search for funding. But rankings tell us little if anything about the education, scholarship, or engagement with communities offered by a university. Drawing on a range of research and inquiry-based methods, Global University Rankings and the Politics of Knowledge exposes how universities became servants to the education industry and its impact. Conceptually unique in its scope, Global University Rankings and the Politics of Knowledge addresses the lack of empirical research behind university and journal ranking systems. Chapters from internationally recognized scholars in decolonial studies provide readers with robust frameworks to understand the intersections of coloniality and Indigeneity and how they play out in higher education. Contributions from diverse geographical and disciplinary contexts explore the political economy of rankings within the contexts of the Global North and South, and examine alternatives to media-driven rankings. This book allows readers to consider the intersections of power and knowledge within the wider contexts of politics, culture, and the economy, to explore how assumptions about gender, social class, sexuality, and race underpin the meanings attached to rankings, and to imagine a future that confronts and challenges cognitive, environmental, and social injustice.

Author : Downing, Kevin
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522508201
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education written by Downing, Kevin and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivering quality education to students while remaining competitive at an international level is only one of the many challenges universities face today. To attain their goals, universities must adopt new strategies to achieve academic excellence. World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education 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. Exploring the benefits and challenges of this system in a global context, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, students, administrators, and policy makers interested in the effects of university rankings in the education sector and beyond.

Author : Alexander Cooley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107098130
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ranking the World written by Alexander Cooley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the origins of the rise of international rankings, assessing their impact on global governance, and exploring how governments react to being ranked.

Author : Michelle Stack
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137475951
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global University Rankings and the Mediatization of Higher Education written by Michelle Stack and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher Education Institutions simultaneously critique and participate in national and international rankings of universities. However, this creates a difficult situation since if universities do participate in rankings they acquiesce to a system based in media logics that has little to do with academic norms of research. If they do not participate in the rankings they risk losing public funding, students and donors in an increasingly competitive and globalized environment. This book delves into the influence of journalists, business tycoons and multinational corporations in defining what world class is and how it will be measured. Rankings provide us with a rich study for understanding how universities define, deploy and manage their assets and liabilities in a mediatized globalized economy.

Author : Maria Yudkevich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317387376
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Global Academic Rankings Game written by Maria Yudkevich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Academic Rankings Game provides a much-needed perspective on how countries and universities react to academic rankings. Based on a unified case methodology of eleven key countries and academic institutions, this comprehensive volume provides expert analysis on this emerging phenomenon at a time when world rankings are becoming increasingly visible and influential on the international stage. Each chapter provides an overview of government and national policies as well as an in-depth examination of the impact that rankings have played on policy, practice, and academic life in Australia, Chile, China, Germany, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Global Academic Rankings Game contributes to the continuing debate about the influence of rankings in higher education and is an invaluable resource for higher education scholars and administrators as they tackle rankings in their own national and institutional contexts.

Author : Jung Cheol Shin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400711166
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book University Rankings written by Jung Cheol Shin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-06 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking and exhaustive analysis of university ranking surveys scrutinizes their theoretical bases, methodological issues, societal impact, and policy implications, providing readers with a deep understanding of these controversial comparators. The authors propose that university rankings are misused by policymakers and institutional leaders alike. They assert that these interested parties overlook the highly problematic internal logic of ranking methodologies even as they obsess over the surveys’ assessment of their status. The result is that institutions suffer from short-termism, realigning their resources to maximize their relative rankings. While rankings are widely used in policy and academic discussions, this is the first book to explore the theoretical and methodological issues of ranking itself. It is a welcome contribution to an often highly charged debate. Far from showing how to manipulate the system, this collection of work by key researchers aims to enlighten interested parties.

Author : George Thomas Kurian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135924708
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fitzroy Dearborn Book of World Rankings written by George Thomas Kurian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth edition of Kurian's highly regarded and widely used research tool, cited previously by the American Library Association as the Outstanding Reference of the Year. The Fitzroy Dearborn Book of World Rankings, 4th edition is designed as an international scorecard that compares and ranks more than 190 nations of the world according to their performance in more than 300 key areas. Sections covered include Geography & Climate, Vital Statistics, Population Dynamics, Race & Religion, Media, and many more. More than 50,000 variables measure national achievement by using no fewer than 300 specific performance yardsticks, making this one of the most comprehensive databases ever attempted in the field of international affairs. Outstanding Reference Source - American Library Association