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Study of the Influence of Global University Rankings on Institutional Strategies, Decision-Making, and Policy Choice: The Case of Four Canadian Research Universities.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Study of the Influence of Global University Rankings on Institutional Strategies, Decision-Making, and Policy Choice: The Case of Four Canadian Research Universities./
Author:	Adam, Edmund.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
Description:	258 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-06, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International83-06A.
Subject:	Higher education. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28497775
ISBN:	9798496544047

Study of the Influence of Global University Rankings on Institutional Strategies, Decision-Making, and Policy Choice: The Case of Four Canadian Research Universities.
Adam, Edmund.

Study of the Influence of Global University Rankings on Institutional Strategies, Decision-Making, and Policy Choice: The Case of Four Canadian Research Universities. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 258 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-06, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Since 2003, global rankings have continued to impact higher education at both the systemic and institutional levels. Emerging in an unprecedented period of intensified global economic competition in which the competitive advantage of individual countries runs on knowledge and innovation, these novel rankings have risen rapidly to the forefront of higher education policies in many countries, leading governments to institute new jurisdictional priorities for universities. In implementing rankings, universities have adopted practices and processes that sometimes have had deleterious effects for both sound educational administration and accountability (Hazelkorn, 2011). This multiple-case study examined how the senior leaders of four Canadian research universities formulate responses to their institutions' standing in global university rankings.Theoretically, the topic was intellectualized through the lens of two organizational theory perspectives: institutional theory and resource dependence theory. This integrated approach led the researcher to theorize that due to the intensification of reputational advantage mediated by rankings, the four institutions under analysis would change practices, processes, and administrative structures to improve and/or sustain their positions in global rankings. Empirically, the study used a multi-method approach. Thus, data were derived from three qualitative research strategies: (i) document analysis, (ii) 15 semi-structured interviews with senior administrators of participating universities, (iii) website analysis. This provided triangulation and allowed cross-validation of findings.Data analysis revealed three primary areas wherein rankings exert direct influence: rankings-related capacity, international collaborations, and branding. Rankings additionally influence other interrelated areas: legitimacy seeking, strategic positioning, and internal accountability. Additionally, while the analytical framework has shown to have explanatory power, the study found that the leading drivers of these behaviours are isomorphism and resource dependence, with mimetic isomorphism in pursuit of legitimacy trumping rational considerations of resources. Moreover, interviews showed that the source of such nonrational conduct stems from assumptions which predispose senior administrators to overstate the importance of adopting procedures oriented to rankings. The study identifies implications of these sorts of institutional behaviours for the administrative cost of university education and diversity. Implications for policy and practice are also presented that audiences, such as higher education leaders, university administrators, and future researchers may find useful.

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Study of the Influence of Global University Rankings on Institutional Strategies, Decision-Making, and Policy Choice: The Case of Four Canadian Research Universities.
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