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Direct linkBoshoff, N. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2009
This article critically examines the methodology of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by generating raw scores for the "big five" South African research universities (Stellenbosch, Cape Town, Kwazulu-Natal, Pretoria and the Witwatersrand, henceforth referred to as SU, UCT, UKZN, UP and WITS) using the ARWU…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Research Universities, Foreign Countries, Raw Scores
Peer reviewedMorse, Robert J.; Gilbert, Jersey – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
Two representatives of popular magazines that publish controversial rankings of colleges and universities respond to criticism of the rankings. Issues addressed include the need for third-party comparisons, the importance of institutional reputation, cooperation with the higher education community, changing methodology, data integrity, reader…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Choice, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
