Research Handbook on University Rankings

Edited by Ellen Hazelkorn, Partner, BH Associates, Professor Emerita, Technological University Dublin, Ireland and Joint Editor, Policy Reviews in Higher Education and Georgiana Mihut, Assistant Professor, Department of Education Studies, University of Warwick, UK

• Contents:Foreword: reflections on rankings xxiiiPhilip G. Altbach1 Introduction: putting rankings in context ‒ looking back, looking forward 1Ellen Hazelkorn and Georgiana MihutPART I CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL RANKINGS2 The reality underneath the rankings: trends in global science 19Simon Marginson3 How do we know what we know? Empirical methodologies forstudying college rankings 38Jeongeun Kim and Michael Bastedo4 Rankings and global knowledge governance 54Tero Erkkilä and Ossi Piironen5 Theorizing university rankings by comparison: systematic and historicalanalogies with arts and sports 67Jelena Brankovic, Leopold Ringel and Tobias Werron6 Researching and understanding the influence of rankings on highereducation institutions: logics, methodologies and conceptualisations 80William Locke7 Benchmarking and zeitgeist: university ranking in post-turbo-globalizedneoliberalism (Post-TGNL) 93Hans Peter HertigPART II METHODOLOGICAL TENSIONS8 Multidimensional taxonomy of university rankings 106Enrique Orduña-Malea and Carmen Perez-Esparrells9 What do global rankings try to measure? Global university rankingmethodologies since 2003 127Richard Holmes10 Rankings and internationalization: an unfortunate alliance 137Gerardo L. Blanco, Laura E. Rumbley and Hans de Wit11 Gender equality: a neglected or rhetorical dimension of rankings inhigher education? 150Pat O’Connor12 University rankings and the third mission of higher education 163Robert Kelchen13 How future-proof are world university rankings? The case of the MostInnovative Universities ranking 171Robert TijssenPART III INSTITUTIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE QUALITY AGENDA14 Quality assurance and rankings: some European lessons 185Andrée Sursock15 Higher education system rankings and benchmarking 197Cláudia S. Sarrico and Ana Godonoga16 Institutional responses to university rankings: a tale of adaptation andcognitive framing 210Andrea Bonaccorsi, Paola Belingheri, Brigida Blasi and Sandra Romagnosi17 Reimaging university identities through rankings in Japan: thetransformation of national policies and university behaviours in thebroader East Asian context 231Akiyoshi Yonezawa18 Striving for excellence in the age of rankings: insights from two leadingresearch universities in Latin America 247Andrés Bernasconi and Marcelo Knobel19 Conflating perception and purpose: the University of Louisville and theprominence challenge 262Tara K. Ising and James D. Breslin20 Are university rankings still important? Perspectives from Greater China 278William Yat Wai Lo and Shuiyun LiuPART IV EQUITY, TEACHING AND STUDENT CHOICE21 The implications of rankings for equity in higher education 295Laura W. Perna, Jeremy Wright-Kim and Julia Brickfield22 University rankings and students’ information needs: what is the relation? 307Jens Jungblut, Bjørn Stensaker and Martina Vukasovic23 Does teaching count? The relationship between US News & WorldReport faculty resource measures and students’ experiences with faculty 320John Zilvinskis, Louis M. Rocconi and Alexander C. McCormick24 Teaching and learning in university rankings: a critical review andreassessment 329Kyle T. Fassett and Alexander C. McCormick25 Learning gain in excellence frameworks and rankings 340Camille Kandiko HowsonPART V (GEO)POLITICS OF HIGHER EDUCATION26 Ideas for theorizing the geopolitics of higher education in the globalrankings era 354Brendan Cantwell27 A critical review of the history, achievements and impacts of China’squest for world-class university status 366Ka Ho Mok and Yuyang Kang28 The geopolitics of university rankings: not all regions and universitynetworks stand equal 382Angel Calderon29 The treacherous adventure of ranking African universities 399Damtew Teferra30 Reputational risk rating and the commercialisation of higher education 412Hamish Coates, Lu Liu and Xi Hong31 University rankings and governance by metrics and algorithms 424George Chen and Leslie Chan32 The business of university rankings: the case of Times Higher Education 442Miguel Antonio LimPART VI POLICY ISSUES AND RESPONSES33 Do rankings promote academic excellence? World-class universities inperspective 453Jamil Salmi34 Why research matters: Latin America facing world-class universitiesand rankings 471Alma Maldonado-Maldonado and Christian Ivan Cortes Velasco35 Football lessons for universities or how to go beyond ranking 484Sebastian Stride, Yoran Beldengrün, Ruggero Cortini, AnnamariaDonnarumma, Nicolau Duran, Xavi Gimenez, Matthias Heuser, FrancescoMassucci, Sabine Plaud, Guillem Rull and Sonia Veiga36 Are global rankings compatible with higher education policy? 507Thomas Zacharewicz, Koen Jonkers and Ellen Hazelkorn37 Global rankings and the dynamics of global convergence and localdivergence in higher education 522Dirk Van DammeIndex

‘The authors give a comprehensive review and analysis of the impact of global university rankings since their establishment in 2003.’