The Impact of Rankings

Since long before the global university ranking movement emerged in 2003, academics, university leadership and government officials have debated the impact of university rankings. Marguerite Clarke, formerly of Flinders University in South Australia did some good work focused on the US News ranking, looking at matters such as access – this is summarised in an

Obama on Higher Education

  We are living in interesting times. The world is in economic chaos, we are under the persistent threat of terrorism and now there is also a pestilence. Those prone to drama could be forgiven for suggesting that the four horsemen are abroad. Not a time to adopt the presidency of the United States then.