National Ranking Systems
- A Top 10 University System for Australia, Margaret Gardener.—Author suggests that in order to meet national needs, Australian higher education should focus on creating a worldclass university system rather than a small number of world class institutions as defined by international rankings.
- Australia: World Class Universities or a World Class University System, Ellen Hazelkorn, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.—Article on potential higher education reforms in Australia, particularly whether to focus resources on a small number of institutions that are already highly ranked, or try to establish bring additional institutions to the level of world class.
- College and University Ranking Systems, Institute for Higher Education Policy (ed.), April 2007.—Three papers discussing rankings: U.S. News in the United States, a global survey of rankings, and the impact of rankings on student access and choice. Also includes information on the Berlin Principles on Ranking of Higher Education Institutions.
- Marguerite Clarke. 2005. Quality Assessment Lessons from Australia and New Zealand. Higher Education in Europe, 30.2: 183-197.—Review of the methodology of recent efforts to rank institutions in Australia and New Zealand, including their use in assessment and measuring quality.
- Nina Van Dyke. 2005. Twenty Years of University Report Cards. Higher Education in Europe, 30.2: 103-125.—Comparison of several international and country-specific rankings schemes.
- Peer Opinion and Performance Measures: Measuring the International Standing of Australian Universities, Ross Williams, 2007.—Presentation from the 3rd Meeting of the International Rankings Expert Group in Shanghai, October 28-31, 2007.
- Sustainability and Risks of Internationalisation, Simon Marginson, 2008.—Discussion of the future of global rankings, their impact, and relationship to internationalization, with a particular focus on Australia. Address presented at the Australian Financial Review Higher Education Conference, Sydney, March 13-14, 2008.
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