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If the conversation about university rankings is important, then the starting point would be to design a ranking system for Africa that encourages positive conduct– “precisely because we know that rankings are influential, for example in resource allocation,”
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Macgregor, K. (2017). Africa: Get Rankings Right For Africa, University Leaders Urge. In: Mihut, G., Altbach, P.G., Wit, H.d. (eds) Understanding Global Higher Education. Global Perspectives on Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-044-8_9
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