Proveedores online y parámetros de los rankings, por Sarah Guri-Rosenblit, directora de Divulgación Académica Internacional y jefe de estudios de graduado en Educación en la Universidad Abierta de Israel. La conferencia se presentó en el 1er Seminario Internacional sobre Rankings en Educación Superior y E-learning organizado por la UOC.

1. Online Providers and Ranking Parameters
Sarah Guri‐Rosenblit
1stInternational Seminar onHigher Education and E‐Learning
Barcelona, 22 September, 2011

2. International Ranking Tables: Underlying Premises
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International orientation
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Common features in diversified higher education systems
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Important consumer information
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Various parameters/indicators

3. International Orientation
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Moving from a national system to an international network
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Emergence of “world class universities”
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Urge to become a touchstone for international clienteles

4. Common Features in Diversified Higher Education Systems
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Defining common indicators in a variety of ranking tables
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Most diversified higher education systems (34 types in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classification)
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Emergence of new‐type institutions(including online/e‐learning providers)

5. Important Consumer information
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Growing demand for accountability
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Impact on policy makers in public money distribution
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Multiple relevant parameters for heterogeneous student clienteles

6. Various parameters/indicators
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Research (90% ‐Shanghai Jiao Tong; 100% Iberamericano‐Pan‐Hispanic)
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Learning inputs‐staff
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Learning inputs ‐resources
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Learning inputs ‐students
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Learning outputs
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7. Ranking Tables (over )
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Shanghai Jiao Tong Research universities world ranking
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THES world university rankings
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Excelencia
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Asiaweek–Asia’s best universities
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US News and World Report
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8. Shanghai Jiao Tong Research Universities World Ranking
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20% ‐Citation in leading journals
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20% ‐Articles in Science and Nature
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20% ‐# of Thomson/ISI HiCiresearchers
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30% ‐Winners of Noble prize/ Fields medals in math
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10% ‐Dividing the total by the # of staff

9. Thomson/ISI HiCiResearchers (2009)
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3,614 ‐US
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224 ‐Germany
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221 ‐Japan
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162 ‐Canada
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138 ‐France
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101 ‐Australia
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94 ‐Switzerland
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Stanford ‐132

10. THES world university rankings
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40% ‐International opinion survey of academics
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10% ‐Survey of global employers
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5% ‐Proportion of international students
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5% ‐Proportion of international staff
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20% ‐Student‐staff ratio
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20% ‐Research citation performance

11. Implications for online institutions
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Part of mainstream tables?
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Separate tables?

12. Online/ E‐learning institutions ‐???
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Full fledged online universities/institutions
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Distance teaching universities
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Online programs of consortia
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Online programs of campus‐based universities

13. Relevant Parameters/Indicators
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Reputation (national, international)
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Excelling fields of teaching
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Employability (work/business markets)
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Research productivity
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Faculty profile ( national, international)
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Students’ profile

14. Relevant Parameters/Indicators
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Innovative cluster
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Scope of programs (comprehensive to niche areas)
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Undergraduate/graduate provision
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Participation in international networks/ programs/collaborative ventures

15. Thanks for your attention!