Published research on corporate reputation has increased in the last 10 years in various
sectors. The higher education sector is no stranger to this growth; however, theoretical …

The first comprehensive overview charting the accountability of higher education. As the
price tag of higher education continues to rise, colleges and universities across the country …

Global university rankings have become a critical factor in the higher education sector,
engendering increasing interest and exerting a notable influence over a wide variety of …

This paper synthesizes the characteristics of university rankings that cause pressure or
'harassment'on universities and analyses possible strategies for action that can be carried …

In academia, faculty are bound by three pillars of scholarship: Teaching, Research and
Service. Academic promotion and tenure depend on metrics of assessment for these three …

This article reviews the history of world university rankings and their large-scale impact. It
then analyzes some of the criticism of the world ranking systems before exploring their …

This paper analyzes the potential impact of reputational bias on academic classifications
based upon current research performance measures. Empirical evidence supports the …

University rankings have gained prominence in tandem with the global race towards
excellence and as part of the growing expectation of rational, scientific evaluation of …

University rankings have led to the following paradox. On one hand, global and national
university rankings have an increasing impact on scientific research and higher education …

In the early 1990s I wrote a paper entitled 'Performance and accountability in “post-industrial
society”: The crisis of British universities'(Peters, 1992a; see also Peters, 1992b). It was the …