Quality assurance and university rankings in higher education in the Asia Pacific
Subtitle: challenges for universities and nations
By: editors, Sarjit Kaur, Morshidi Sirat, William G. Tierney
Contributors: Morshidi Sirat; Universiti Sains Malaysia. Institut Penyelidikan Pendidikan Tinggi Negara
Series: Academic imprint series / Penerbit USM
Publisher: National Higher Education Research Institute; Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia; Distributors, Universiti Sains Malaysia Co-operative Bookshop, Universiti Sains Malaysia; MPH Distributos
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Minden], Pulau Pinang
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9789838614443
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The academic ranking of world universities and the performance of Asia Pacific universities /  Ying Cheng and Nian Cai Liu; title: The global knowledge economy and the culture of comparison in higher education / Simon Marginson; title: Beyond university rankings / Subramaniam Venkatraman; title: Quality and graduate education / William G. Tierney and Douglas Burleson; title: Quality dilemmas with regional education hubs and cities / Jane Knight; title: Attitudes to ranking, comparing German, Australian, and Japanese experiences / Ellen Hazelkorn; title: Measuring up? The competitive position of South East Asian higher education / Anthony Welch; title: Quality assurance, university rankings and China's higher education, the case of Wuhan University / Rui Yang; title: Going for global university ranking through the accelerated programme for excellence (APEX) in Malaysia / Sarjit Kaur and Morshidi Sirat; title: Quality assurance and the Thai University ranking system / Paul T.J. James.