In the early 1990s I wrote a paper entitled 'Performance and accountability in “post-industrial
society”: The crisis of British universities'(Peters, 1992a; see also Peters, 1992b). It was the …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a polemic on the evolution of universities
and business schools over the past two decades. During this period, universities have …

This paper is analytical and primarily focuses at the individual academic level. It examines
the drive for academics to meet narrowly defined key performance indicators that is …

This article contributes to the debate on university organisational actorhood by surveying the
drivers of university strategic behaviour and choice. Utilising organisational literature and …

Email addresses: shahja95@ msu. edu (RA Shahjahan); baizhan1@ msu. edu (S.
Baizhanov) When we recently did a quick google search on “world university rankings,” over …

The role of student housing in academic formative paths is rapidly changing and increasing
in importance. According to international trends, university residencies are shifting their …

Abstract The notion of World Class Universities, and the use of rankings in general, has
been an object of study for decades. Perhaps the first major critical work was Ellen …

In the past, the role of government in nurturing the growth of elite research universities was
not a critical factor. Oxford and Cambridge in the United Kingdom (UK) evolved over the …

Abstract Lillo Cea, PA 2024. The World-Class Ordination. A Field Theory Approach to the
Study of Global University Rankings. Studier i utbildnings-och kultursociologi 19. 255 pp …

There is a hypothesis that Research-Teaching-Study Nexus (RTS Nexus) should be
developed as an ideal of modern university constantly since its proposition by Wilhelm …