The New Flagship University

The New Flagship University

Global Ranking Monitor, Headline
Changing the Paradigm from Global Ranking to National Relevancy — By John Aubrey Douglass  Palgrave Macmillan 2016 The book on the role of rankings in the age of the New Flagship University Model gives an introduction into how international standards of excellence should serve as a goal instead of being an 'end unto itself'. http://www.cshe.berkeley.edu/publications/new-flagship-university-changing-paradigm-global-ranking-national-relevancy
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Key Lecture:  Rankings Criticism by Mr. Marmolejo (The World Bank)

Key Lecture: Rankings Criticism by Mr. Marmolejo (The World Bank)

Global Ranking Monitor
The first real key lecture is given by Francisco Marmolejo, Lead, Global Solutions Group on Tertiary Education and Lead Education Specialist for India, The World Bank. He is a well-known critics of rankings (http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/are-we-obsessed-university-rankings) and in this lecture he emphasizes that rankings go against the growing diversity of higher education .
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Published a New Ranking-Monograph by our Blogger, as A Researcher :-)

Published a New Ranking-Monograph by our Blogger, as A Researcher :-)

Global Ranking Monitor, Headline
Now published a comprehensive monograph of university rankings, written by Gyorgy Fabri (me...).  Currently only available in Hungarian, the English-language edition (It's title: Measured or Communicated? University Rankings as the Media Representations of Higher Education ) is expected in Fall 2018. (Translation of Hungarian title: The Value of University. Higher Education Rankings and University Performance)  
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Universities on Crossroads of National and Global Rankings

Global Ranking Monitor
Ranking-workshop in Budapest – with ranking-experts an university leaders. I. Indicators of Global and National Rankings (Lectures and Discussion) Indicators of Scientific Productivity on Global and National Levels Indicators of Teaching: Viewpoints of National and Global Excellence and Employability Measurability of Third Mission from Global Perspective II. Discussions Indicators and Results of UnivPress Ranking and Hungarian Universities at Global Rankings Politicians and Media – Differences in Reactions to National and Global Rankings Diverse Reactions and Strategies from Universities to National and Global Positions Date: 31. March, 2017 Further details comming soon!
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