Global University Rankings: Challenges for European Higher Education

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: University Rankings and European Higher Education....Pages 3-19
The Impact of Rankings on the European Higher Education Landscape....Pages 20-35
Global, Asian and European Backgrounds of Global University Rankings....Pages 36-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Convergence and Divergence in Research, Higher Education and Innovation Policies: An Analysis of Nine European Countries....Pages 53-74
Channel, Filter or Buffer? National Policy Responses to Global Rankings....Pages 75-91
The Drift to Conformity: The Myth of Institutional Diversity....Pages 92-106
Polish Higher Education and the Global Academic Competition: University Rankings in the Reform Debates....Pages 107-123
Reforming Higher Education Institutions in Finland: Competitiveness and Global University Rankings....Pages 124-143
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Measuring Excellence in Social Sciences and Humanities: Limitations and Opportunities....Pages 147-165
Ranking European Social Science and Stratifying Global Knowledge: The Example of European Political Science....Pages 166-177
Global Disciplinary Rankings and Images of Quality: The Case of Political Science....Pages 178-195
The Colonization of the Academic Field by Rankings: Restricting Diversity and Obstructing the Progress of Knowledge....Pages 196-219
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Global Rankings as a Marker of Revaluing the University....Pages 223-235
Conclusions....Pages 236-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-255