College and University Rankings: Books and Online Resources

Contents: What does it mean to be a world-class university? -- Paths to transformation -- Implications for the World Bank -- Appendicies

Includes both reviews: Global University Rankings and Their Impact, 2011 and Global University Rankings and Their Impact, Report II, 2013.

Contents: Academic Profession -- Internationalization of Higher Education -- Academic Mobility -- Regional Perspectives -- Worldwide Perspectives -- World-Class Universities -- Philip G. Altbach : The Teacher

Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- Globalisation and Rankings -- What Rankings Measure -- Impact and Influence of Rankings -- The View From Inside Higher Education -- Rankings, Student Choice and Recruitment -- Rankings and Policy Choices -- Reshaping Higher Education -- Appendix: Methodology -- References

Contents: Preface to Second Edition -- Introduction -- 1. Globalisation and the Reputation Race -- 2. What Rankings Measure -- 3. Impact and Influence of Rankings : The View From Inside Higher Education -- 4. Rankings, Student Choice and Recruitment -- 5. Rankings and Policy Choices -- 6. Reshaping Higher Education

Contents: In pursuit of prestige: nearly a decade later -- The right place at the right time -- Reform and identity: why are prestige and change in higher education so complicated? -- Urban university -- Midwest state university -- Bigger is better university -- The flagship university -- Western research university -- Eastern research university -- Conclusions and thoughts on prestige