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Rankings, Diversity and the Power of Renewal in Science. A Comparison between G ermany, the UK and the US
Author(s) -
Münch Richard,
Schäfer Len Ole
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/ejed.12065
Subject(s) - german , ranking (information retrieval) , stratification (seeds) , diversity (politics) , stratified sampling , higher education , sociology , political science , regional science , public administration , social science , geography , statistics , law , mathematics , seed dormancy , botany , germination , archaeology , machine learning , dormancy , computer science , biology
Rankings are part and parcel of the neoliberal agenda in science aiming at increasing the competitive allocation of funds among universities. This article focuses on the decreasing power of renewal in science as a result of this agenda particularly because of its increasingly consolidated stratification of the academic system into élite and mass institutions. A comparison based on data from the Academic Ranking of World Universities of the S hanghai J iao T ong U niversity between the less stratified G erman system, the more strongly stratified B ritish system, and the most strongly stratified, though at its heart still diverse US ‐ A merican system provides a first test of the hypotheses.