IREG Ranking News
Over the last few years, the number of regional rankings has increased as it has become apparent that the better-known global rankings are not always appropriate for institutions in many parts of the world, especially in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Consequently, some ranking agencies have started to produce regional rankings
Times Higher Education (THE) has released the results of their latest World University Rankings. It looks as though this will be the last ranking under the methodology that has been used since 2010, and next year’s may look rather different.
A team of researchers from the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany led by Dr. Jelena Brankovic published a paper “Spreading the Gospel – Legitimating university rankings as boundary work”. The paper analysis in detail the activities and position of IREG Observatory on the international higher education landscape.
The AD Scientific Index is published by Murat Alper and Cihan Doger of the University of Health Sciences, Ankara. It is a ranking system based on Google Scholar h-index scores.
CoinDesk, the digital currency news site, has published the third edition of its ranking of universities with the greatest impact on blockchain.
The world’s business schools have been through a period of rapid change following the pandemic. They have been forced to develop new tools for online learning and have nurtured a growing concern for sustainability and diversity.
uniRank is a directory and search engine that currently includes over 14,000 recognised or accredited higher education institutions that offer mainly in person courses for undergraduate or postgraduate degrees.
A friend and co-founder of IREG Observatory – Michelle Asha Cooper, Ph.D., deputy undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Education, will join Lumina Foundation on Oct. 3 as vice president for public policy and executive director of Lumina’s Washington, D.C., office.
The Times Higher Education (THE) world rankings have been very popular with the media and administrators of the traditional elite of global academia. They have, however, received little respect from active researchers.
The US News has been in the ranking business for nearly four decades. Despite significant criticism and methodological changes “America’s Best Colleges” has been closely followed by students, parents, and other stakeholders.
The latest edition of the University Three Missions Ranking (MosIUR) now includes 1800 institutions. It provides an opportunity for universities outside the traditional elite to demonstrate their social impact.
University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) is published by the Informatics Institute of Middle East Technical University, Ankara.
The Ranking Web of Universities, better known as Webometrics, is published twice a year by the Cybermetrics Lab, a Spanish research group. The ranking is the most inclusive of those currently published, and now covers nearly 32,000 institutions.
The NTU Rankings, officially known as the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities, are now produced by the National Taiwan University.
The Shanghai Rankings, officially known as Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), are now published by an independent agency, the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.