Pitfalls in aggregating performance measures in higher education

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-62

  Williams, Ross ^a   de Rassenfosse, Gaétan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

higher education system; performance measures; ranking; Shanghai Ranking; Times Ranking; Universitas 21

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947493745     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.914912     Document Type: Article

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