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Title The global academic rankings game : changing institutional policy, practice, and academic life / edited by Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, and Laura E. Rumbley.
Publisher New York : Routledge, 2016.

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 In Library  Standard  Library Level 4  Education J31.62 2016-Y  
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Description ix, 314 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN 9781138935785 hardback
1138935786 hardback
9781138935792 paperback
1138935794 paperback
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Global University Rankings as the "Olympic Games" of Higher Education : Citius, altius, fortius? / Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, and Laura E. Rumbley -- Managing Expectations : An Australian Perspective on the Impact and Challenges of Adopting a University Rankings Narrative / Tony Sheil -- Global university rankings from afar : The case of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile / Andrés Bernasconi and Daniela Véliz -- Global Rankings and World-class University Aspirations in China / Bie Dunrong -- Embracing and Rejecting Rankings : The German Case / Barbara M. Kehm -- Imposing Global University Rankings on Local Academic Culture : Insights from the National University of Malaysia / Norzaini Azman and Faridah Mydin Kutty -- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam : Second Among Equals in the Netherlands? / Kees Kouwenaar -- Global University Rankings in the Polish Context : The University of Warsaw, a Case Study / Marek Kwiek -- The Ranking Game on the Russian Battlefield : The Case of the Higher School of Economics / Ivan Pavlyutkin and Maria Yudkevich -- Middle East Technical University : Quest for Academic Excellence not Driven by Global Rankings at one Turkish Institution / Kemal Gürüz -- "There is a World out There We Can Step Into" : The University of Reading (UK) and the World Rankings / William Locke -- Meeting the Rankings Challenge : How a Young American University Enhances its Global Position / Peter N. Stearns and Kris M. Smith -- Globalization and the Continuing Influence of Rankings on Higher Education : Positive and Perverse / Ellen Hazelkorn.
Library Class Education J31.62
Subject Universities and colleges -- Ratings and rankings -- Case studies.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- Case studies.
Education and globalization -- Case studies.
Higher education and state -- Case studies.
Other Author Yudkevich, Maria, editor.
Altbach, Philip G., editor.
Rumbley, Laura, editor.

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