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by Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA) has documented a dramatic shift in the global higher education world. The report, Higher Education: Institutions, Students and Funding, is analysed by Karen MacGregor in University World News.
QS, the international ranking agency, has published a statement condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and offering its support for Ukrainian and international students “through our counselling and mobility tracking services and signposting verified guidance.”
Times Higher Education (THE) has issued a statement condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and indicating a number of steps to be taken by its world and regional rankings.
Around the world, private institutions account for a large and growing part of the higher education sector. Unfortunately, most of them have been neglected by the mainstream global rankings which have tended to focus on large research-orientated universities.
Over the last two decades, the quality and quantity of scientific research in China has expanded rapidly, a trend that has been reflected in all the major global university rankings.
The volume and quality of publications and citations have been standard elements in the assessment of research for many years and are usually among the metrics in global university ranking systems.
The University of New South Wales, Sydney, has created an aggregate ranking that combines the results of three well-known global rankings to create an aggregate score, or Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities (ARTU).
Edward Elgar has published the Research Handbook on University Rankings: Theory, Methodology, Influence and Impact, edited by Ellen Hazelkorn, Professor Emerita Dublin Technological University, and Georgiana Mihut, University of Warwick.
The latest world rankings from the Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics) have just been announced. These are produced by the Cybermetrics Lab, a group that is part of the Spanish Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), and have the unique distinction of ranking anything with the slightest claim to being a university or college.
It seems there are growing concerns about the negative influence of international rankings in many parts of the world.
The business education site, Poets and Quants, recently published the latest edition of its ranking of US MBA programmes. An article by John Byrne notes that this came at the end of a turbulent year for business school rankings.
Academics have long been concerned about the proliferation of predatory journals that publish substandard papers with little or no review in return for a substantial fee. In recent years a number of predatory conferences have made their appearance.
The latest edition of University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) provides more evidence that Harvard’s international research dominance is slipping.
The latest edition of Best Global Universities has just been published by US News. This is a research-based ranking that uses data derived from InCites and Web of Science.
The latest Financial Times (FT) ranking Executive MBA programmes indicate that the global center of gravity for business education is moving eastwards.