Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education

Stack, Michelle

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-01-12

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137475947

DOI: 10.1057/9781137475954

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 149