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Transparency about Multidimensional Activities and Performance: What Can U-Map and U-Multirank Contribute?

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Quality Assurance in Higher Education

Part of the book series: Issues in Higher Education ((IHIGHER))

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The question of whether higher education should actively strive for transparency is all but rhetorical. Of course it should. But why is it nevertheless such a debatable issue? In this chapter I intend to show the principles and preliminary contributions of two transparency instruments that respond to much of the criticism of conventional league table rankings. To do so, I first need to make a brief excursion into the character of higher education and how that affects ideas of diversity, process and performance.

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  1. Don F. Westerheijden
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  1. CIPES and University of Aveiro, Portugal

    Maria João Rosa (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  2. A3ES, CIPES and University of Porto, Portugal

    Alberto Amaral (Full Professor) (Full Professor)

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Westerheijden, D.F. (2014). Transparency about Multidimensional Activities and Performance: What Can U-Map and U-Multirank Contribute?. In: Rosa, M.J., Amaral, A. (eds) Quality Assurance in Higher Education. Issues in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137374639_4

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