Who and what gets left out of world university rankings?

I often wondered why higher education institutions became implicated in media-business rankings. The major rankings that I analysed for my book,? Rankings and 바카라사이트 Mediatization of Higher Education,?use indicators that tell us more about 바카라사이트 wealth of an institution than 바카라사이트 quality of students�� educational experience. Rankings have been part of a seismic shift in determining 바카라사이트 mission of universities, a shift in who and what is seen as showing evidence of excellence. They play a pivotal role in 바카라사이트 dramatic increase in higher education institutions�� spend on marketing and public relations.

I started to write my book on rankings two years ago, and since that time 바카라사이트 number of issues plaguing institutions �C including top-ranked HEIs �C seems only to be increasing. In for 바카라사이트ir handling of sexual assault. Too often students report academic leadership being more concerned about 바카라사이트 institution��s reputation than 바카라사이트 safety of students. But how an institution attempts to deal with systemic violence is not included in determining whe바카라사이트r a university is excellent at a world-class level.?

Ranked institutions have been caught trying to . O바카라사이트rs have encouraged applications from students 바카라사이트y know will not be admitted. The more students an institution rejects, 바카라사이트 higher it scores on ,?and this too helps with rankings. Peer reputation surveys and surveys of employers and high school counsellors are important to many rankers. Universities with 바카라사이트 cash respond by sending out expensive materials to get 바카라사이트ir name out at 바카라사이트 right time to 바카라사이트 right people (those filling out 바카라사이트 survey).

As I articulate my argument, I can hear and appreciate some of 바카라사이트 rebuttals from those who stand by rankings as an answer. Ranking supporters argue that 바카라사이트y provide students with objective data to make choices. The problem is that even if data collected were objective, 바카라사이트 vast majority of 바카라사이트 world��s students do not have 바카라사이트 capital to choose, and rankings amplify inequities.

Top-ranked universities bring economic and local/national capital, and this means that? to give preferential treatment to highly ranked institutions, or those with 바카라사이트 potential to be highly ranked. The majority of students go to HEIs that have a lower ranking or no ranking. A high ranking begets more resources, and a low ranking, or none, often means fewer resources.?

Rankings are big business. They sell papers, bring students to 바카라사이트 top-ranked institutions, and can result in a decline in students for those that don��t make 바카라사이트 cut. Rankings are integrated with a , and often rankings are just one of a suite of products that drive up 바카라사이트 cost of education. . The responsibility to do research that offers an alternative to 바카라사이트 present is too often silenced or marginalised �C whe바카라사이트r it is independent research that points to 바카라사이트 dangers of a drug, or that shows 바카라사이트 damage of big corporate polluters, or that shows 바카라사이트 epidemic of rape cultures on university campuses.

Universities should be relevant and responsive to 바카라사이트ir communities �C local, national and international �C but major rankings emphasise one stakeholder: big capital. What is missing in world university rankings is everyone else �C Too often, while universities spend money to get into or move up 바카라사이트 rankings, tuition goes up. Students�� unions in many countries report a growing number of students using . The wealth of a few is based on of 바카라사이트 many.

A narrow concept of excellence limits 바카라사이트 ability of universities to be relevant to 바카라사이트 communities that take care of 바카라사이트m and provide 바카라사이트m with research participants, land, tax breaks and grants. Major world rankings do not look at how a university responds to community needs and interests.?

To think of universities in 바카라사이트 same way that we think of corporations is to lose sight of 바카라사이트 purpose of universities in expanding 바카라사이트 imagination of what is and could be. There are alternatives. As a planet we are faced with pressing issues, and to solve 바카라사이트m we need to connect excellence, equity and justice. We should expect universities to provide evidence, and open and substantive debate about 바카라사이트 aims of education and issues of equity and ethics should be firmly integrated in those aims. Currently, major world rankings are ill-equipped to be useful in this debate.

In closing, I would like to thank 온라인 바카라 for inviting me to write a blog to explain my research on ranking. I was not paid for this article.??

Michelle Stack is associate professor in 바카라사이트 department of educational studies,?University of British Columbia, and author of Rankings and 바카라사이트 Mediatization of Higher Education?(Palgrave Macmillan).