Global University Rankings and the Mediatization of Higher Education

Higher Education Institutions simultaneously critique and participate in national and international rankings of universities. However, this creates a difficult situation since if universities do participate in rankings they acquiesce to a system based in media logics that has little to do with acade...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stack, Michelle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2016, 2016
Series:Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • University Websites
  • Chapter 3. Who is Watching the Watchdogs? The Business of Rankings
  • Chapter 4. Visualizing Excellence: The Times Higher Education Ranking
  • Chapter 5. Mediatization and University Websites
  • Chapter 6. Bouindary Workers: University Public Affairs Staff
  • Conclusion