Rankings and the reshaping of higher education : the battle for world-class excellence / Ellen Hazelkorn.

By:

Hazelkorn, Ellen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. New York :Description: ix, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780230243248 (hardback)

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LOC classification:

LB2331.62 .H39 2011

Other classification:

SOC026000 | EDU015000 | POL029000

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- Globalisation and Rankings -- What Rankings Measure -- Impact and Influence of Rankings -- The View From Inside Higher Education -- Rankings, Student Choice and Recruitment -- Rankings and Policy Choices -- Reshaping Higher Education -- Appendix: Methodology -- References.

Summary: "University rankings have gained popularity around the world, and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This book is the first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, making an important contribution to our understanding of the rankings phenomenon"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"University rankings have gained popularity around the world, and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This book is the first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, making an important contribution to our understanding of the rankings phenomenon"-- Provided by publisher.

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