Global university rankings - Impacts and unintended side effects

European Journal of Education

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-112

  Kehm, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impacts; Isomorphism; Measuring; Postmodernism; Reputation; Symbolic value; Transnational policy coordination; University rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896709806     PISSN: 01418211     EISSN: 14653435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejed.12064     Document Type: Article

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