Global University Rankings: Challenges for European Higher Education

264 Pages·2013·1.048 MB·English

by  Tero Erkkilä (eds.)

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Global University Rankings
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GOVERNMENTTRANSPARENCY
ImpactsandUnintendedConsequences
Global University Rankings
Challenges for European Higher Education
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Tero Erkkilä
UniversityofHelsinki,Finland
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Contents
ListofTablesandFigure vii
ListofAbbreviations viii
Preface x
NotesonContributors xi
Part I GlobalUniversityRankings:History,Concepts
andInternationalDevelopments
1 Introduction:UniversityRankingsandEuropeanHigher
Education 3
TeroErkkilä
2 TheImpactofRankingsontheEuropeanHigher
EducationLandscape 20
BarbaraM.Kehm
3 Global,AsianandEuropeanBackgroundsofGlobalUniversity
Rankings 36
BobReinalda
Part II UniversityRankingsandInstitutional
Competition:Commodification,Stratificationand
Uniformity
4 ConvergenceandDivergenceinResearch,HigherEducation
andInnovationPolicies:AnAnalysisofNineEuropean
Countries 53
AnttiPelkonenandTuulaTeräväinen-Litardo
5 Channel,FilterorBuffer?NationalPolicyResponsestoGlobal
Rankings 75
ÅseGornitzka
6 TheDrifttoConformity:TheMythofInstitutionalDiversity 92
JonNixon
7 PolishHigherEducationandtheGlobalAcademic
Competition:UniversityRankingsintheReformDebates 107
DorotaDakowska
v
vi Contents
8 ReformingHigherEducationInstitutionsinFinland:
CompetitivenessandGlobalUniversityRankings 124
TeroErkkiläandOssiPiironen
Part III UniversityRankingsandDisciplinarity:
ChallengesforSocialSciencesandHumanities
9 MeasuringExcellenceinSocialSciencesandHumanities:
LimitationsandOpportunities 147
ArtoMustajoki
10 RankingEuropeanSocialScienceandStratifyingGlobal
Knowledge:TheExampleofEuropeanPoliticalScience 166
NiiloKauppi
11 GlobalDisciplinaryRankingsandImagesofQuality:TheCase
ofPoliticalScience 178
ErkkiBerndtson
12 TheColonizationoftheAcademicFieldbyRankings:
RestrictingDiversityandObstructingtheProgressof
Knowledge 196
RichardMünch
Part IV Conclusions
13 GlobalRankingsasaMarkerofRevaluingtheUniversity 223
JamesH.Mittelman
14 Conclusions 236
TeroErkkilä
Index 247
Tables and Figure
Tables
1.1 Globaluniversityrankingspublishedinthefirsthalfofthe
2000s 6
1.2 Globaluniversityrankingspublishedinthelaterhalfofthe
2000s 7
1.3 Globaluniversityrankingspublishedsince2010 8
9.1 Rankingscomparedtootherresearchquality-assessment
activities 149
9.2 Formatsofscientificpublicationsindifferentfields 150
9.3 Mainfeaturesofthetwomodesofresearch 152
9.4 PublicationrecordsofsomeleadingFinnishresearchersin
SSHaccordingtoWoSandPoP 157
11.1 Toppoliticalsciencedepartments 186
11.2 Numberoftoppoliticalsciencedepartmentsindifferent
countries 188
12.1 DistributionofDFGfunds 210
12.2 Simpleandsquaredsumofinvestments,Physics 211
12.3 Totalsumofresearchgrants,Physics 212
Figure
9.1 PositionofsomeSSHfieldsinthe‘Mode1–Mode2’scale 154
vii
Abbreviations
ACUMEN AcademicCareersUnderstoodthroughMeasurementand
Norms
AERES FrenchEvaluationAgencyforResearchandHigher
Education
AHELO AssessmentofHigherEducationLearningOutcomes
APEC Asia-PacificEconomicCooperation
APSA AmericanPoliticalScienceAssociation
APSR AmericanPoliticalScienceReview
ARWU AcademicRankingofWorldUniversities
ASEAN AssociationofSouthEastAsianNations
ATP AbilitytoPay
AUBR AssessmentofUniversity-BasedResearch
AUN AssociationofSouthEastAsianNationsUniversityNetwork
BA BachelorofArts
BERA BritishEducationalResearchAssociation
CAS CentreforAdvancedStudies
CEEC CentralandEasternEuropeanCountries
CHE CentreforHigherEducationinGermany
CHERPA ConsortiumforHigherEducationandResearch
PerformanceAssessment
CoE CentreofExcellence
CPP CitationsperPublication
CSIC ConsejoSuperiordeInvestigacionesCientíficas,Spanish
NationalResearchCouncil
CUP CambridgeUniversityPress
CWTS CentreforScienceandTechnologyStudies
DFG GermanResearchFoundation
DGS GermanSociologicalAssociation
DNRF DanishNationalResearchFoundation
EGM EmergingGlobalModel
EHEA EuropeanHigherEducationArea
EPI EducationalPolicyInstitute
ERC EuropeanResearchCouncil
ERIH EuropeanReferenceIndexfortheHumanities
ESF EuropeanScienceFoundation
EU EuropeanUnion
EUI EuropeanUniversityInstitute
FPFP FinnishPublicationForumProject
viii
ListofAbbreviations ix
FUUP FinnishUnionofUniversityProfessors
FUURT FinnishUnionofUniversityResearchersandTeachers
GATS GeneralAgreementonTradeinServices
HEEACT HigherEducationEvaluationandAccreditationCouncilof
Taiwan
HEI HigherEducationInstitution
HRK GermanRectors’Conference
IBnGR GdanskInstituteforMarketEconomics
IBRD InternationalBankforReconstructionandDevelopment
ICT InformationandCommunicationsTechnology
IMD InternationalInstituteforManagementDevelopment
IR InternationalRelations
ISI InstituteforScientificInformation
KBN StateCommitteeforScientificResearchofPoland
KRASP ConferenceofRectorsofAcademicSchoolsinPoland
MBA MasterofBusinessAdministration
NMS NewMemberState
NPM NewPublicManagement
OECD OrganizationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment
OLS OrdinaryLeastSquares
OUP OxfordUniversityPress
PhD DoctorofPhilosophy
PoP PublishorPerish
QS QuacquarelliSymonds
RAE ResearchAssessmentExercise
R&D ResearchandDevelopment
REF ResearchExcellenceFramework
SER SocialandEconomicCounciloftheNetherlands
SSH SocialSciencesandHumanities
TEKES FinnishFundingAgencyforTechnologyandInnovation
THE TimesHigherEducation
THES TimesHigherEducationSupplement
TNC TransnationalCorporation
UC UniversityofCalifornia
UCET UniversitiesCouncilfortheEducationofTeachers
UK UnitedKingdom
UNESCO UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCultural
Organization
US UnitedStates
USNWR USNews&WorldReport
WISE WorldInnovationSummitforEducation
WoS WebofScience
WTO WorldTradeOrganization
WWF WorldWildlifeFund