How University Rankings Are Made through Globally Coordinated Action: A Transnational Institutional Ethnography in the Sociology of Quantification

Autor/in	Barron, Gary R. S.
Titel	How University Rankings Are Made through Globally Coordinated Action: A Transnational Institutional Ethnography in the Sociology of Quantification
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 86 (2023) 4, S.809-826 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Barron, Gary R. S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-022-00903-y
Schlagwörter	Universities; Achievement Rating; Global Approach; Ethnography; Epistemology; Measurement Techniques; Evaluation Methods; Sociology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Globales Denken; Ethnografie; Erkenntnistheorie; Messtechnik; Soziologie
Abstract	The sociologies of quantification, university rankings, and infrastructure are a loosely connected set of scholarly endeavors. Research in these areas typically examines production of certain types of quantification, their effects, and institutionalization. Despite these commonalities, scholars have noted a lack of conceptual coherence, debates on how to study quantification, a need to examine their socio-epistemological prerequisites, and research that crosses organization and national boundaries. In this paper, I argue that institutional ethnography--an alternative sociology for people--provides a unifying ontology for the sociology of quantification and studies of rankings and metrics in higher education. Institutional ethnography examines socio-epistemological prerequisites of quantification and facilitates a collaborative transnational project due to its focus on the extra local coordination of action. I also share results of the first transnational institutional ethnography of university rankings and related metrics, demonstrating coordinated action across several junctures of what has been called a global university ranking surveillance assemblage. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01