Global Academic Rankings Game

<p><em>The Global Academic Rankings Game</em> provides a much-needed perspective on how countries and universities react to academic rankings. Based on a unified case methodology of eleven key countries and academic institutions this comprehensive volume provides expert analysis on this emerging phenomenon at a time when world rankings are becoming increasingly visible and influential on the international stage. Each chapter provides an overview of government and national policies as well as an in-depth examination of the impact that rankings have played on policy practice and academic life in Australia Chile China Germany Malaysia the Netherlands Poland Russia Turkey the United Kingdom and the United States. <em>The Global Academic Rankings Game</em> contributes to the continuing debate about the influence of rankings in higher education and is an invaluable resource for higher education scholars and administrators as they tackle rankings in their own national and institutional contexts.</p>