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Higher Education Global Rankings System in East Asia

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The Internationalization of East Asian Higher Education

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The first modern ranking of universities by U.S. News & World Report in 1983 set into motion a new trend in higher education. Despite initial criticism, ranking systems for higher education institutions (HEIs) have blossomed. Inspired by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), HEI rankings have expanded to become international assessments (Marginson 2009). The most notable of the international rankings are the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Institute of Higher Education and the London Times Higher Education (THE). These ranking systems rely on weighted indicators of an HEI’s research, students, faculty, reputation, and rewards. The rankings produce their results based on the compilation of these indicators.

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  1. Peter Gregory Ghazarian
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John D. Palmer Amy Roberts Young Ha Cho Gregory S. Ching

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Ghazarian, P.G. (2011). Higher Education Global Rankings System in East Asia. In: Palmer, J.D., Roberts, A., Cho, Y.H., Ching, G.S. (eds) The Internationalization of East Asian Higher Education. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137002006_8

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