In Pursuit of World Class Universities
The world class universities tag is being used liberally across higher education institutions in India too. However, the contradictions within this WCU category are glaring.
Representative image. The campus at IIM Ahmedabad. Courtesy: insideiim.com
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In the last few years the label âworld class universitiesâ (WCU) has made frequent, sometimes dissonant, appearances in public, state and academic discussions, and often employed synonymously with âresearch universitiesâ or âglobal research universitiesâ (a coinage that emerged post-2005, from research conducted by the Fulbright New Century Scholars Programme). The âglobal universityâ tag is being used liberally across higher education institutions (HEIs) in India too now. The tag is more than just that. It flags several important aspects of a changing HEI system. And yet, the contradictions within this WCU category and what it enta
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Monday, 15 March 2021, 4:12 pm
Forget the global university rankings of any
list. The global university promotion exercise is filled
with snake oil and perfumed refuse, an effort to corrupt the
unknowing and steal from the gullible. The aim here is to
convince parents, potential students and academics that
their institutions of white collar crime are appealing
enough to warrant enrolment and employment at.
Writing
in 2019, Ellen Hazelkorn, who has had an eye on the rankings
system for some years, observed
that 18,000 university-level institutions could be found
across the globe. “Those ranked within the top 500 would
be within the top 3% worldwide. Yet, by a perverse logic,
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