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While rankings and various kinds of assessments of universities or professional schools within certain fields have been around for quite some time, it was not until the beginning of the twenty-first century and the publishing of the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities (in 2003) and the Times Higher Education World University Ranking(in 2004) that rankings became global in the sense that they aimed to compare university performance around the world. These major initiatives were soon followed by many others, both private and public, with varying ambitions and scope. Within a short span of time, there was an increase in rankings at all levels: global, regional (such as the European Union), and national. By offering purportedly objective comparisons between the qualities of different higher education institutions worldwide, rankings have had a major impact on the reshaping of the higher...
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Hyvönen, M. (2017). Rankings and Mediatization of University. In: Peters, M.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-588-4_481
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