Global University Rankings and Russia's Quest for National Sovereignty

Autor/in	Mäkinen, Sirke
Titel	Global University Rankings and Russia's Quest for National Sovereignty
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 57 (2021) 3, S.417-434 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2021.1926125
Schlagwörter	Reputation; Comparative Education; Decision Making; Higher Education; Institutional Evaluation; Institutional Characteristics; Nationalism; International Education; Neoliberalism; Foreign Countries; Discourse Analysis; Educational Quality; Competition; International Relations; Universities; Global Approach; Russia (Moscow) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Nationalismus; Internationale Erziehung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Ausland; Diskursanalyse; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Wettkampf; Internationale Beziehungen; University; Universität; Globales Denken
Abstract	Why have regimes and societies that would otherwise argue for their distinctiveness and sovereign decision-making caught 'ranking fever' in HE? Why are they willing to give up their sovereignty in the field of HE, and why do they accept the requirement of homogeneity to succeed in global university rankings? This paradox is explored in the case of Russia. The ranking discourse is analysed at the national and institutional levels using interviews, documents, and media materials. The impetus to 'internationalise' education and research, and the aspiration to be globally ranked, is explained using the status, neoliberal competition and state control frames. These conflict with 'nationalisation' part of the discourse, manifested in the resistance to global university rankings and the debates surrounding a Moscow-based ranking. These debates confirm that there is a willingness to internationalise and integrate Russian HE into the neoliberal model of HE on Russia's terms in preference to self-isolation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01