María Balarin will participate in Rankings and Higher Education Roundtable at the University of British Columbia
| Date | : | 13/05/2017 → 17/05/2017 |
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| Location | : | Peter Wall Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC |
| Area/s | : | Education and learning |
Our senior researcher, María Balarin, will participate in a 4-day roundtable at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, entitled: What do rankings tell us about higher education? International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. The Roundtable will take place from May 13 to May 17 2017 at the Peter Wall Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
University rankings shape resource allocation decisions, hiring, student selection, internationalization practices, programmatic developments and public relations. Despite the hundreds of studies that have problematized the rankings’ rationale, rankings continue to increase in influence throughout most of the world. For many, rankings are perceived as ‘natural’ tools that allow individuals and groups to sort through an increasingly complex, higher education sector. For others, rankings raise questions about equity, and who decides what knowledge is worthy of being considered world class.
Participants aim to develope an international research agenda aimed at creating robust approaches to providing journalists, policymakers and students useful information for making decisions appropriate to their contexts and goals; and to propose possible methodologies for an analysis of the cost and benefits of university rankings in relation to equity and diversity.
