University Rankings in Critical Perspective

Brian Pusser, Simon Marginson

The Journal of Higher Education · 2013 · 124 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

This article addresses global postsecondary ranking systems by using critical-theoretical perspectives on power. This research suggests rankings are at once a useful lens for studying power in higher education and an important instrument for the exercise of power in service of dominant norms in global higher education.

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