University rankings – a guide to choose a university?

Jianu (Dumitru), Ionela and Dumitru, Ionut (2011): University rankings – a guide to choose a university?

Abstract

In a more and more global world, universities compete for both students and faculty staff. Do university rankings offer a good perspective when it comes to choosing a university, as a student or university professor/researcher? This paper presents an analysis of well-known university rankings, trying to answer to the above mentioned question. It also presents an alternative to such rankings, namely intellectual capital evaluation models.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: university rankings, indicators, intellectual capital
• Subjects: M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I23 - Higher Education ; Research Institutions; A - General Economics and Teaching > A2 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics

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