Rhetoric of the Asia Higher Education Rankings

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-54336-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

Academics, policymakers, postgraduate students, and government agencies responsible for the quality and accreditation of higher education will find the analysis in this book valuable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adeyemo, Kolawole Samuel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungsökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Amy Verdun

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

1 A Rhetorical Analysis of Reputation Rankings

1 Introduction

2 Debriefing Rankings

3 Rephrasing Misconceptions in Rankings

4 Analysis of QS Reputation Rankings in Asia

2 QS World University Rankings’ Metrics Analysis

1 Introduction

2 Modelling and Analysis of QS Ranking Methodologies

3 Academic Reputation

4 Employer Reputation

5 Faculty/Student Ratio

6 Citations per Faculty

7 International Faculty/International Student Ratio

8 Conclusion

3 Critiquing Ranking Methods

1 Introduction

2 Purpose and Methodology of Rankings in Asia

3 Concluding Thoughts

4 Theorizing ‘Comparison’ in Ranking Systems

1 Introduction

2 Ranking and National Identity

3 Power and Politics in Rankings

4 Responding to Social Issues

5 Aligning Rankings to Cultural and Social Identities

1 Introduction

2 Results of Ranking in Asian Higher Education

3 Evaluating Social Importance in Asia

4 Concluding Thoughts

Appendix

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kolawole Samuel Adeyemo is Associate Professor in the Department of Education Management and Policy Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa and former Visiting Professor at the University of Victoria, Canada. His research interest focuses on new populations of internationally mobile students, issues of policy, migration, and social justice in emerging and under-researched regional higher education destinations.