The business of rankings
THE rankings game is here again. This time it involves two types of rankings that allow us to understand what the game is all about from different perspectives. Firstly, it is hardly surprising that United States' Harvard University once again — for the eighth consecutive year — topped a rec...
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| author | Abd Razak, Dzulkifli |
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| description | THE rankings game is here again. This time it involves two types of rankings that allow us to understand what
the game is all about from different perspectives.
Firstly, it is hardly surprising that United States' Harvard University once again — for the eighth consecutive
year — topped a recent world universities rankings published by Shanghai Jaiotong University.
The results of the rankings are sharply criticised in Europe as the list is dominated by American institutions
with the University of California, Berkeley being second, followed by Stanford University. |
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| spelling | usm-325702017-03-29T01:38:04Z http://eprints.usm.my/32570/ The business of rankings Abd Razak, Dzulkifli L7-991 Education (General) THE rankings game is here again. This time it involves two types of rankings that allow us to understand what the game is all about from different perspectives. Firstly, it is hardly surprising that United States' Harvard University once again — for the eighth consecutive year — topped a recent world universities rankings published by Shanghai Jaiotong University. The results of the rankings are sharply criticised in Europe as the list is dominated by American institutions with the University of California, Berkeley being second, followed by Stanford University. 2010-08-22 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32570/1/DZUL50.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2010) The business of rankings. New Sunday Times. |
| spellingShingle | L7-991 Education (General) Abd Razak, Dzulkifli The business of rankings |
| title | The business of rankings |
| title_full | The business of rankings |
| title_fullStr | The business of rankings |
| title_full_unstemmed | The business of rankings |
| title_short | The business of rankings |
| title_sort | business of rankings |
| topic | L7-991 Education (General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/32570/ http://eprints.usm.my/32570/1/DZUL50.pdf |