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  title info:
    title: University Rankings
    sub title: Implications for Higher Education in Taiwan
  name:
    name part: Lo, William Yat Wai.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: si
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXI, 179 p. 8 illus. online resource.
  abstract: This book adopts a qualitative case study approach to provide the readers with a systematic delineation and interpretation of the implications of the university ranking phenomenon for Taiwan’s higher education system. It reviews the literature on different theories concerning the global transformation of higher education and presents basic information on higher education in Taiwan. The author develops a four-dimensional framework for the analysis of the ranking phenomenon in the island-state. First, the technological/ecological dimension aims to look into how the rankings have impacted Taiwan’s higher education based on empirical findings from five Taiwanese public universities. Next, the technological/geographical dimension examines how Taiwan can use rankings to promote its interests in global higher education. The two conceptual dimensions focus on the relationship between the rankings and power in higher education. They show how the phenomenon can be read and explained through theoretical lenses from ecological and geographical perspectives. From an ecological perspective, the empirical evidence suggests that the influence of rankings varies throughout the academic hierarchy in Taiwan. The theoretical analysis then illustrates the relationship between the ranking phenomenon and the power structure in academic hierarchy. Geographically, while the empirical analysis is based on data from Taiwan, the theoretical analysis offers essential insights that help readers to understand the changing global landscape of higher education and its implications in East Asia.
  table of contents: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Taiwan’s Higher Education System in Context -- Chapter 3 Theorising University Rankings -- Chapter 4 Dimension 1: Influences of University Rankings - Changes in Policy, University Governance and Individual Behaviours -- Chapter 5 Dimension 2: Manifestations of the Normative Power of University Rankings - Struggling between Love and Hate -- Chapter 6 Dimension 3: University Rankings and the Global Landscape of Higher Education - Using University Rankings to Promote Local Interests -- Chapter 7 Dimension 4: Antinomy of the Power of University Rankings - World-class Worldwide versus Global Hegemony.- Chapter 8 Conclusion.
  note: by William Yat Wai Lo.
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: School management and organization
  subject:
    topic: School administration
  subject:
    topic: Educational policy
  subject:
    topic: ducation and state
  subject:
    topic: Assessment
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Educational Policy and Politics
  subject:
    topic: Assessment, Testing and Evaluation
  subject:
    topic: Administration, Organization and Leadership
  classification: LC8-6691
  classification: 379
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      title: Springer eBooks
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