Canadian University Rankings: Buyer Beware Once Again

Autor/inn/en	Page, Stewart; Cramer, Kenneth M.; Page, Laura
Titel	Canadian University Rankings: Buyer Beware Once Again
Quelle	In: Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 41 (2010) 1, S.81-89 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0826-4805
DOI	10.1007/s10780-010-9110-7
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Universities; Multivariate Analysis; Foreign Countries; Measurement Techniques; Evaluation Methods; Educational Quality; Evaluation Problems; Institutional Evaluation; Data Interpretation; Misconceptions; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Multivariate Analyse; Ausland; Messtechnik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Missverständnis; Kanada
Abstract	We present a data-based perspective concerning recent (e.g., 2008) "Maclean's" magazine rankings of Canadian universities, including cluster analysis of the 2008 data. Canadian universities empirically resemble and relate to each other in a manner different from their formal classification and final rank ordering in the "Maclean's" system. Several pitfalls in ranking procedures, related to invalid and unreliable relationships among indices underlying the final ranks, are outlined, along with relevant findings from previous studies. In their present format, although they have become increasingly publicized and promoted, data based on the "Maclean's" system can seemingly be of only limited practical use to students. Perhaps more important, in our opinion, ranking exercises have unintended though potentially serious consequences for the intellectual and personal well-being of students. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Springer. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: service-ny@springer.com; Web site: http://www.springerlink.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10