Abstract
Global university rankings denominate values. While the rankings, like other currencies, do not have intrinsic worth, the values that constitute them are substantial. So, too, rankings are measures, and a critical issue is what they measure and do not measure: that which is highly valued, undervalued and devalued. Universities employ these instruments and are themselves instrumental. But instrumental to what ends?
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Mittelman, J.H. (2013). Global Rankings as a Marker of Revaluing the University. In: Erkkilä, T. (eds) Global University Rankings. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137296870_13
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