00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612749750 Buklod 20180515101639.0 m |o d | ta 180515s2016 xx d r |||| u| 9781138935792 (pbk.) (iLib)UPD-00362013795 DLC DCPA rda eng LB 2331.62 G55 2016 The global academic rankings game changing institutional policy, practice, and academic life edited by Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, and Laura E. Rumbley. New York Routledge 2016. ix, 314 pages 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Yudkevich, Maria editor. Altbach, Philip G. editor. Rumbley, Laura editor. FO UPD DCPA LB 2331.62 G55 2016 Book