Questioning Excellence in Higher Education —— Policies, Experiences and Challenges in National and Comparative Perspective

----- 质疑高等教育卓越：国家和比较视野中的政策，经验和挑战

ISBN: 9789460916410 出版年：2011 页码：211 Michele Rostan Massimiliano Vaira Brill

Excellence in higher education is as old as university, but nowadays the concept is widely emphasized and its meaning has been redefined on the basis of different values and goals, especially those related to market. Excellence has become the meter on which institutions are assessed and public funding allocated, the tool by which worldwide comparisons and rankings of institutions are built, and a marketable brand used by higher education institutions to present themselves.