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Impact or illusion?

Impact or illusion?

Universities’ performance worldwide is increasingly being measured using rankings. This project is the first pan-European study of the impact and influence of rankings on European higher education institutions.

What makes a global top 10 university?

What makes a global top 10 university?

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is in first place in the latest league table of the world's best universities.

Re-Evaluating the College Rankings Game

Re-Evaluating the College Rankings Game

Although the rating of colleges and universities around the world has been heavily criticized by educators and politicians alike, the academic rankings business is big, and booming.

Nations chasing Harvard merge colleges to ascend rankings

Nations chasing Harvard merge colleges to ascend rankings

Countries from Finland to Portugal are shaping their higher education policies based on outside rankings, eager for the validation and attention the annual lists bestow, even while they are criticized as flawed or misleading.

Les agents doubles du classement de Shanghai

Les agents doubles du classement de Shanghai

Le sociologue et historien des sciences Yves Gingras vient de publier "Les dérives de l'évaluation de la recherche. Du bon usage de la bibliométrie", chez Raison d'agir.

Unis genauer beurteilen

Unis genauer beurteilen

Tilmann Warnecke Der Wissenschaftsrat will Unirankings neu erfinden, doch auch sein "Forschungsrating" ist umstritten. Jetzt soll es auf bis zu 25 Fächer ausgeweitet werden. Der Wissenschaftsrat hält an seinem umstrittenen „Forschungsrating" fest und will es in den kommenden Jahren auf bis zu 25 Fächer ausweiten.