Allegations that World Bank officials manipulated country rankings in its much-used ease of doing business index highlight a deeper problem with these types of rankings.
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City rankings have become big business – but this expert thinks it’s best to ignore them.
More must be done to develop mechanisms based on intrinsic motivations of committed, quality academics. It’s important to limit the harms currently being caused by rent seeking.
Surveys show Trump’s election is damaging America’s reputation abroad, which research suggests could deal a sharp blow to US trade.
The politicisation of academia definitely contributes to a decline in academic standards. This is a situation South Africa must work hard to avoid. It can learn from others on the continent.
Currently universities have a vast array of measures they use to gauge how successful they are. Most of the measures have a lot to do with prestige and not much to do with the outcomes of their graduates or the quality of the education their students receive.
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Director & SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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