Rankings and the Public Good Role of Higher Education

Q4 Social Sciences

International Journal of Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2019-09-17 DOI:10.6017/ihe.2019.99.11645

E. Hazelkorn

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Measuring university engagement or societal impact is becoming a popular way to assess the public good role of universities. Rankings have been early movers in this area, but do they tell us anything meaningful? And while it is important to ask about the role and responsibility of universities, it is about time that we asked about the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the ranking organizations themselves, given that their real intent is to sell magazines and newspapers and/or consultancy?

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排名与高等教育的公益作用

衡量大学参与度或社会影响正成为评估大学公益作用的一种流行方式。排名是这一领域的先行者，但它能告诉我们什么有意义的东西吗?虽然询问大学的角色和责任很重要，但考虑到排名机构的真正意图是销售杂志、报纸和/或咨询，我们是时候询问排名机构本身的企业社会责任(CSR)了。

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International Journal of Learning in Higher Education Social Sciences-Education

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