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Making the Case for a Strong Public Research University: The University of Kentucky Top-20 Business Plan

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The University in the Age of Globalization

Abstract

Over the past 30 years, numerous national and international ranking systems of universities have emerged. Each claims to assess the quality of institutions of higher education. Several of these ratings are published annually, and the most lucrative and dominant publication in the USA is the US News & World Report’s (USNWR) ‘America’s Best Colleges’ edition. The commercial nature of the USNWR rankings makes them easily accessible to a broad public and thus provides strong incentives for institutions to strengthen their ratings. Although many researchers question the measurements used by various rating organizations, there is a consensus that institutional rankings reproduce a hierarchy that is already in place. However, status in the rankings has come to define the terms of the higher education marketplace (Carey, 2006; Clarke, 2007: 59–70; Harvey, 2008: 187–207).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Lazarski University, Poland

    Wojciech Bienkowski (Dean of the Economics and Management Faculty) (Dean of the Economics and Management Faculty)

  2. Arizona State University, USA

    Josef C. Brada (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

  3. The University of Sydney, Australia

    Gordon Stanley (Honorary Professor of Education) (Honorary Professor of Education)

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DeYoung, A.J., Baas, T.K. (2012). Making the Case for a Strong Public Research University: The University of Kentucky Top-20 Business Plan. In: Bienkowski, W., Brada, J.C., Stanley, G. (eds) The University in the Age of Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137023032_4

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