Global university rankings and the mediatization of higher education [electronic resource] / Michelle Stack, University of British Columbia, Canada.
2016
LB2331.62 .S72 2016eb
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Global university rankings and the mediatization of higher education [electronic resource] / Michelle Stack, University of British Columbia, Canada.
ISBN
9781137475954 (electronic book)
1137475951 (electronic book)
9781349562077
9781137475947
1137475951 (electronic book)
9781349562077
9781137475947
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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©2016
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English
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1 online resource.
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10.1057/9781137475954 doi
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LB2331.62 .S72 2016eb
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378
Summary
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.
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Palgrave studies in global higher education.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Spectacle of Global Rankings
Chapter 2. Seeing is Believing: University Websites
Chapter 3. Who is Watching the Watchdogs? The Business of Rankings
Chapter 4. Visualizing Excellence: The Times Higher Education Ranking
Chapter 5. Mediatization and University Websites
Chapter 6. Bouindary Workers: University Public Affairs Staff
Conclusion.
Chapter 1. The Spectacle of Global Rankings
Chapter 2. Seeing is Believing: University Websites
Chapter 3. Who is Watching the Watchdogs? The Business of Rankings
Chapter 4. Visualizing Excellence: The Times Higher Education Ranking
Chapter 5. Mediatization and University Websites
Chapter 6. Bouindary Workers: University Public Affairs Staff
Conclusion.