Learning to Live with League Tables and Ranking: The Experience of Institutional Leaders

Autor/in	Hazelkorn, Ellen
Titel	Learning to Live with League Tables and Ranking: The Experience of Institutional Leaders
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 21 (2008) 2, S.193-215 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2008.1
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Institutional Administration; Foreign Countries; College Administration; Rating Scales; Educational Quality; Educational Policy; Colleges; College Choice; Participation; Population Groups; Students; Educational Finance; Recruitment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Rating-Skala; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Studienortwahl; Teilnahme; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Bildungsfonds; Recruiting; Rekrutierung
Abstract	This paper draws on the results of an international survey of HE leaders and senior managers, which was supported by the OECD Programme on Institutional Management for Higher Education (IMHE) and the International Association of Universities (IAU). It focuses on how HEIs are responding to league tables and rankings (LTRS), and what impact or influence--positive or perverse--they are having on institutional behaviour, decision-making and actions. The growing body of academic research and journalist reportage is referenced to contextualize this international experience. The paper shows that while HE leaders are concerned about the impact of rankings, they are also increasingly responsive and reactive to them. In addition, key stakeholders use rankings to influence their decisions: students use rankings to "shortlist" university choice, and others make decisions about funding, sponsorship and employee recruitment. Rankings are also used as a "policy instrument" to underpin and quicken the pace of HE reform. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10