Don’t read university rankings like reading football league tables: taking a close look at the indicators

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Don’t read university rankings like reading football league tables: taking a close look at the indicators by Kay Cheng Soh.

The outcome of university ranking is of much interest and concern of the many stakeholders, including university’s sponsors, administrators, staff, current and prospective students, and the public. The results of rankings presented in the form of league tables, analogous to football league tables, attract more attention than do the processes by which the ranking is achieved. This paper looks into the functioning of the indicators and their contributions to the final score used for ranking, with reference to three conceptual and methodological issues, that is, their inter-correlations, assigned and attained weights, and indicator redundancy.

Higher Education Review, 44, 1: 15-29

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