
Mats Benner
Professor

Becoming World Class : What It Means and What It Does
Författare
Redaktör
- Sharon Rider
- Michael A. Peters
- Mats Hyvönen
- Tina Besley
Summary, in English
On the basis of a critical survey of university strategies, it is argued that universities reify and objectify “world class” and turn it into absolute and precisely defined goals (location in ranking hierarchies, publication patterns, number of start-ups and licens-es, etc.) and that this in turn is based on a skewed reading of the ascendancy of some universities (notably leading US higher education institutions) to that level. The notion of a “world class university” may therefore be self-defeating as it entails even closer monitoring, adaptation and adoption of indicators and steering that is outlined accordingly.
Avdelning/ar
- Forskningspolitik
Publiceringsår
2020
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
25-40
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Educational Sciences
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2570-0251
- ISSN: 2570-026X
- ISBN: 978-981-15-7598-3
- ISBN: 978-981-15-7597-6