Some Aspects of Ranking Methodology--The CHE-Ranking of German Universities

Obtaining a picture of undergraduate education quality: a voice from inside the university

“…Rankings, in one way or another, satisfy a public demand for comparable information about higher education while institutions and governments pay less attention to it (Federkeil 2002). To this end, rankings hold universities accountable (Hazelkorn 2006;van Dyke 2005), especially to their clients such as students and parents.…”

Ranking and Clustering Australian University Research Performance, 1998–2002

“…However, given the reliance on surveyed perceptions of standing, the study by Williams and Van Dyke (2004) is unlikely to be easily replicated in the future. Other work on the ranking of university performance in Australia and overseas, either wholly or in part, include Bowden (2000), Clarke (2002), Federkeil (2002, Filinov and Ruchkina (2002), Vaughin (2002), Yonezawa et al (2002 and Pomfret and Wang (2003).…”

Universidad Y Desarrollo Social

“…-Facilitan información pública 'de interés' sobre determinados aspectos de las instituciones y programas de educación superior (ver a este respecto aportaciones como las de Buela-Casal et al, 2007: 2;Dill y Soo, 2005;Hazelkorn, 2007;Federkeil, 2002;Marginson y van der Wende, 2007b;Marope y Wells, 2013: 12, Rodríguez, 2013Vlăsceanu et al, 2004: 52; entre otros).…”

“…Con respecto a los problemas en la validez de diseño y de medición y en la fiabilidad (ver a este respecto Federkeil, 2002;Hazelkorn, 2007: 4;Hazelkorn, 2013a: 57;Rodríguez, 2013;Scott, 2013;Sursock y Smidt, 2010: 22;Yonezawa y Kaiser, 2003: 47; entre otros), cabe mencionar, por ejemplo, un condicionamiento derivado de:…”