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Rating and Ranking: Pros and Cons Dr. Mohsen Elmahdy Said Professor, Mechanical Design and Production Department Faculty of Engineering – Cairo University - Giza, Egypt Former Executive Director, Projects Management Unit (PMU) Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)

Agenda/Contents  Background  Rating and Ranking Systems (Global, Regional, National)  Pros and Cons of Rankings  Other Systems Related to Ranking (AHELO - OECD)  Concluding Remarks

 Emergence of Ranking Systems in 1865 (European studies to assess quality of institutions & scholars in science and medicine)  Rankings continued in the 1920's (USA - faculty surveys)  University evaluation/ranking became popular in recent years (among general public, media and universities).  Present form introduced by US News and World Report over 20 years ago to publish transparent comparative data on institutions  Despite being controversial, Ranking became an unavoidable part of academic life, with increasing demand globally, regionally and nationally  Currently, roughly 50 major ranking systems are in use Background

 Newspapers and magazines: THE-QS, Newsweek, US News & World Report etc.  Academic institutions: Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Wuhan University etc.  Governmental Agencies: HEC of Pakistan etc.  Accrediting bodies: Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT)  Non-governmental organizations: QAA UK, OIC, Google, etc.  Academics themselves Who Conducts the Rankings

Rankers identified University Ranking  Times Higher Education Ranking  QS World Universities Ranking  Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)  CHE Excellence Rankings  RatER Global University Ranking of World Universities  Webometrics Ranking of World Universities  2010 World University Ranking  SIR World Report  Leiden Ranking  University Ranking by Academic Performance  The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities  Professional Classification of Higher Education Institutions  International Student Barometer (ISB)

 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)  QS World University Ranking (QS)  The World University Ranking (Times Newspaper) Times Higher Education Supplement (THES)  Scimago Institutions Ranking (SIR)  University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP)  Webometrics Ranking (WR) Most Popular Universities Rankers around the World

Rating and Ranking Systems (Global, Regional, National)

 Hundreds of different indicators  Categories of indicators:  Characteristics of the student body  financial inputs  staff inputs  student experiences  learning outcomes  financial outcomes  research metrics, and  reputation Indicators of Rankings

Institution (History, culture) Academics (awards, researches) Facilities (campus, laboratories) Collections (libraries, museums) Finances (key sources, research grants, scholarships, financial support) Alumni (Notable, academics) Keywords for Rankings

1.Rankings by Subject Arts and Humanities Universities Engineering and IT Universities Life Sciences and Biomedicine Universities Natural and Physical Sciences Universities Social Sciences Universities Categories of Rankings

2. Rankings by Location American Universities Asian and Middle Eastern Universities African Universities Australian and New Zealand Universities British and European Universities Canadian Universities Categories of Rankings

Classification of Rankings Based on: Producing university league tables Concentrating on research only Multi-rankings: using indicators without producing league tables Web rankings Benchmarking based on learning outcomes (AHELO – OECD)