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008 130923s2013 nyu b 100 0 eng
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020 $a9781137296863 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
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050 00 $aLB2331.65.E85$bG66 2013
082 00 $a378.4$223
084 $aEDU015000$aEDU027000$aEDU034000$aEDU036000$aPOL029000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aGlobal University Rankings :$bChallenges for European Higher Education /$c[edited by] Tero Erkkilä, University of Helsinki, Finland.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2013.
300 $axiii, 255 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Global University Rankings explores the novel topic of global university rankings and their effects on higher education in Europe. The contributions in this volume outline different discourses on global university rankings and explore the related changes concerning European higher education policies, disciplinary traditions and higher education institutions. The first global university rankings were published less than a decade ago, but these policy instruments have become highly influential in shaping the approaches and institutional realities of higher education. The rankings have portrayed European academic institutions in a varying light. There is intense reflexivity over the figures, leading to ideational changes and institutional adaptation that take surprisingly similar forms in different European countries. The contributions in this book critically assess global university rankings as a policy discourse that would seem to be instrumental to higher education reform throughout Europe"--$cProvided by publisher.
500 $a"The articles in this book are based on presentations to a conference on "University Rankings and Europe" held at the University of Helsinki in October 2011"--Preface.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aUniversities and colleges$xRatings and rankings$zEurope$vCongresses.
650 0 $aEducation, Higher$zEurope$xHistory$y21st century$vCongresses.
650 0 $aEducation and globalization$zEurope$vCongresses.
650 7 $aEDUCATION / Higher.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aEDUCATION / Statistics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aEDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aEDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aErkkilä, Tero.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/863/9781137296863/image/lgcover.9781137296863.jpg