Étude de la mondialisation des classements universitaires. Projets, programmes et transformations sociales
In this paper drawn upon Walby’s framing of explanations and Hazelkorn’s recent conclusions the authors suggest there are three main explanations in circulation regarding rankings of universities and academic work more generally: as a discrete project aimed at accountability and transparency; as par...
| Published in: | Revue Internationale d’Éducation de Sèvres |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | German |
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France Education international
2010-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ries/973 |
| Summary: | In this paper drawn upon Walby’s framing of explanations and Hazelkorn’s recent conclusions the authors suggest there are three main explanations in circulation regarding rankings of universities and academic work more generally: as a discrete project aimed at accountability and transparency; as part of a programme of strategies aimed at generating competitiveness and transformation within the higher education sector at multiple scales (national, regional and global); and as a manifestation of wider processes of globalisation taking place within the higher education sector, and which are constitutive of transformations in wider social formations. Thay argue that while these differences in explanation are ontologically and epistemologically driven, they nevertheless are mobilised within and outside the higher education sector to serve particular strategic interests. They conclude by drawing attention to issues of power, and the need to make visible the actions of the powerful in order to generate wider public debates about the production of academic knowledge and its transformation through global rankings. |
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| ISSN: | 1254-4590 2261-4265 |