Ranking Universities

University rankings are 'hot'. Some universities, policy makers and journalists seem to take them quite seriously. At the same time, however, they are also fiercely criticized. The best known worldwide rankings tend, for instance, to have a strong anglo-saxon bias and tend to give insuffic...

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Main Author: Halloin, Véronique (auth)
Other Authors: Aghion, Philippe (auth), Bennink, Roel D. (auth), Berghoff, Sonja (auth), Debackere, Koenraad (auth), Dewatripont, Mathias (auth), Federkeil, Gero (auth), Glänzel, Wolfgang (auth), Hegarty, Seamus (auth), Hoxby, Caroline (auth), Lubrano, Michel (auth), Mas-Colell, Andreu (auth), Sapir, André (auth), Vincke, Philippe (auth), Dehon, Catherine (Editor), Jacobs, Dirk (Editor), Vermandele, Catherine (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bruxelles Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles 2009
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Summary:University rankings are 'hot'. Some universities, policy makers and journalists seem to take them quite seriously. At the same time, however, they are also fiercely criticized. The best known worldwide rankings tend, for instance, to have a strong anglo-saxon bias and tend to give insufficient valorisation to human sciences.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (132 p.)
Access:Open Access