Article: It’s Time to Move Beyond Rankings

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A blog post on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s website argues that the growing influence and power of global higher education rankings have often had detrimental effects on higher education systems throughout the world. The post urges international organizations to "come together to Say No to Rankings as the basis for policy making, and caution stakeholders accordingly. In the same way that governments issue "health warnings" against (for example) cigarettes, an unequivocal public campaign should be waged pointing out to governments the dangers of using rankings for such purposes."

To read the full post, please visit: http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/its-time-to-move-beyond-rankings-2/28830?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en