Globalising or assimilating? Exploring the contemporary function of regionalised global university rankings in Latin America

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dc.contributor.authorDarwin, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorBarahona, Malba
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-04T14:39:35Z
dc.date.available2023-04-04T14:39:35Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractGlobal university rankings (GUR) have become increasingly influential as a proxy measure of higher education quality. The more recent development of regionalised forms of rankings has increased their global reach, drawing a greatly expanded range of institutions into their orbit. As a result, regionalised GUR have developed an increasing potential power to shape social perceptions, institutional actions, and everyday academic practices. In this paper, the perceived impact of regionalised forms of GUR is analysed from the perspective of Latin American higher education. Based on a critical meta-synthesis framed by a glonacal heuristic (Marginson and Rhoades, Higher Education 43:281–309, 2002), the tensions arising around the application of regionalised forms of global rankings are mapped. Specifically, the impact of rankings on conceptions of the mission of universities is foregrounded. The meta-synthesis identifies three primary tensions around the regional application of GUR in Latin American contexts: how conceptions of regional higher education quality are most effectively developed, how the local university is imagined under the weight of global expectations, and the relativised value of local agency in assessing quality outcomes. The findings suggest that GUR have created strong fissures in Latin American higher education regarding the missions of institutions, particularly in confronting the powerful hegemonies of the epistemologies of the Global North imposing themselves on Latin American higher education. The paper concludes that the stratification and social anxiety caused by the regional applications of GUR may not be necessarily productive in encouraging regional institutional diversity or in enhancing the local relevance of higher education.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2023-04-04
dc.fuente.origenScopus
dc.identifier.citationDarwin, S., Barahona, M. Globalising or assimilating? Exploring the contemporary function of regionalised global university rankings in Latin America. High Educ (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01007-x
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10734-023-01007-x
dc.identifier.eissn1573-174X
dc.identifier.issn0018-1560
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:85147905000
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01007-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/66715
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000931867800002
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Educación; Barahona Duran, Maria Alba; S/I; 1139416
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.pagina.final304
dc.pagina.inicio287
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.revistaHigher Education
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectUniversity rankings
dc.subjectGlobal ranking
dc.subjectHigher education quality
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subjectUniversity accreditation
dc.subject.ddc370
dc.subject.deweyEducaciónes_ES
dc.subject.ods04 Quality education
dc.subject.odspa04 Educación de calidad
dc.titleGlobalising or assimilating? Exploring the contemporary function of regionalised global university rankings in Latin America
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen87
sipa.codpersvinculados1139416
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