27. The Sophistry of University Rankings: Implications for Learning and Student Welfare
We present a data-based perspective concerning the recent Maclean’s magazine rankings of Canadian universities, including cluster and other analyses of the 2007 and 2008 data. Canadian universities empirically resemble and relate to each other in a manner different from their formal classification a...
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| description | We present a data-based perspective concerning the recent Maclean’s magazine rankings of Canadian universities, including cluster and other analyses of the 2007 and 2008 data. Canadian universities empirically resemble and relate to each other in a manner different from their formal classification and final rank ordering in the Maclean’s system. Several pitfalls in ranking procedures, related to invalid and unreliable relationships among indices underlying the final ranks, are outlined, along with relevant findings from previous studies. In their present format, although they have become increasingly publicized and promoted, data based on the Maclean’s system are of limited practical use to students. Perhaps more important, ranking exercises have unintended though potentially serious consequences in terms of the intellectual and personal well-being of students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-faa6980b4d1e41d39d9b97ada3af7a8c2022-12-21T18:57:43ZengUniversity of WindsorCollected Essays on Learning and Teaching2368-45262011-06-01210.22329/celt.v2i0.322127. The Sophistry of University Rankings: Implications for Learning and Student WelfareStewart Page0Kenneth M. Cramer1Laura Page2University of WindsorUniversity of WindsorTrent UniversityWe present a data-based perspective concerning the recent Maclean’s magazine rankings of Canadian universities, including cluster and other analyses of the 2007 and 2008 data. Canadian universities empirically resemble and relate to each other in a manner different from their formal classification and final rank ordering in the Maclean’s system. Several pitfalls in ranking procedures, related to invalid and unreliable relationships among indices underlying the final ranks, are outlined, along with relevant findings from previous studies. In their present format, although they have become increasingly publicized and promoted, data based on the Maclean’s system are of limited practical use to students. Perhaps more important, ranking exercises have unintended though potentially serious consequences in terms of the intellectual and personal well-being of students.https://celt.uwindsor.ca/index.php/CELT/article/view/3221 |
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