From Eminent Men to Excellent Universities: University Rankings as Calculative Devices

Minerva

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 391-411

  Hammarfelt, Björn ^a,b   de Rijcke, Sarah ^b   Wouters, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calculative devices; Eugenics; Excellence; University rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025071265     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: 15731871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-017-9329-x     Document Type: Article

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