Rhetoric of the Asia Higher Education Rankings

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.

• ForewordAmy VerdunAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesIntroduction1 A Rhetorical Analysis of Reputation Rankings1 Introduction2 Debriefing Rankings3 Rephrasing Misconceptions in Rankings4 Analysis of QS Reputation Rankings in Asia2 QS World University Rankings’ Metrics Analysis1 Introduction2 Modelling and Analysis of QS Ranking Methodologies3 Academic Reputation4 Employer Reputation5 Faculty/Student Ratio6 Citations per Faculty7 International Faculty/International Student Ratio8 Conclusion3 Critiquing Ranking Methods1 Introduction2 Purpose and Methodology of Rankings in Asia3 Concluding Thoughts4 Theorizing ‘Comparison’ in Ranking Systems1 Introduction2 Ranking and National Identity3 Power and Politics in Rankings4 Responding to Social Issues5 Aligning Rankings to Cultural and Social Identities1 Introduction2 Results of Ranking in Asian Higher Education3 Evaluating Social Importance in Asia4 Concluding ThoughtsAppendixIndex