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Uses and Abuses of Ranking in University Strategic Planning

Uses and Abuses of Ranking in University Strategic Planning

Zaw Wint, Kevin Downing
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522508199|ISBN10: 1522508198|EISBN13: 9781522508205
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch012
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Wint, Zaw, and Kevin Downing. "Uses and Abuses of Ranking in University Strategic Planning." World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education, edited by Kevin Downing and Fraide A. Ganotice, Jr., IGI Global, 2017, pp. 232-251. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch012

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Wint, Z. & Downing, K. (2017). Uses and Abuses of Ranking in University Strategic Planning. In K. Downing & F. Ganotice, Jr. (Eds.), World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education (pp. 232-251). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch012

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Wint, Zaw, and Kevin Downing. "Uses and Abuses of Ranking in University Strategic Planning." In World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education, edited by Kevin Downing and Fraide A. Ganotice, Jr., 232-251. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0819-9.ch012

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Abstract

The ranking of higher education institutions is a growing phenomenon around the world, with ranking systems in place in more than 40 countries. The emergence of world ranking systems that compare higher education institutions across national boundaries and the proliferation of these since the past decade, are indeed a reality now, and are already exerting substantial influence on both short and long term developments of higher education institutions. Rankings are being used by a variety of stakeholders for different purposes. Rankings are no doubt, useful for fostering institutional strategic planning and management, and their communication externally as well as their own institutional community and the national interest.

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