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University Rankings in Critical Perspective

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  • Brian Pusser
  • Simon Marginson

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This article addresses global postsecondary ranking systems by using critical-theoretical perspectives on power. This research suggests rankings are at once a useful lens for studying power in higher education and an important instrument for the exercise of power in service of dominant norms in global higher education.

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  • Brian Pusser & Simon Marginson, 2013. "University Rankings in Critical Perspective," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 84(4), pages 544-568, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uhejxx:v:84:y:2013:i:4:p:544-568
    DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2013.11777301
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    2. Yating Wen & Xiaodong Zhao & Xingguo Li & Yuqi Zang, 2023. "Explaining the Paradox of World University Rankings in China: Higher Education Sustainability Analysis with Sentiment Analysis and LDA Topic Modeling," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-18, March.
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    5. Paulina Perez Mejias & Roxana Chiappa & Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela, 2018. "Privileging the Privileged: The Effects of International University Rankings on a Chilean Fellowship Program for Graduate Studies Abroad," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 7(12), pages 1-23, November.
    6. Muller, Seán M, 2017. "Academics as rent seekers: distorted incentives in higher education, with reference to the South African case," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 58-67.
    7. Daniel Schwekendiek, 2015. "Recent changes in World University Rankings: an explorative study of Korea and Germany," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 13(4), pages 361-377, December.
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