In the second blog from the opening seminar of the Centre for Global Higher Education, Robert Tijssen says league tables are meeting growing demand from institutions as well as students.

March 23, 2016

By Robert Tijssen

World university rankings are multi-purpose tools. Rankings are primarily intended to promote transparency across higher education institutions and create global comparability. That information may contribute to evidence-informed decision making and facilitate institutional learning processes. However, the boundaries of usefulness are not always clear.