Abstract
Owing to the intense globalization of higher education, competition between universities in national and international settings has increased in speed, and in parallel with this development, a demand for tools has emerged to meet the information needs of stakeholders of higher education institutions. Currently, a large part of this need is met by university ranking systems. Today, there are several types of these systems, which have been subjected to intense criticism with their popularity and wide audience. In this study, which was designed as a qualitative research; in-depth interviews were conducted with local and foreign researchers, policy makers, system administrators working on ranking systems and quality commission members at different universities to determine what can be done to improve these systems. The results of the data analysis were presented, discussed, and policy recommendations were proposed at the end of the study. The findings draw attention to solutions related to university rankings themselves, higher education institutions, stakeholders and quality assurance issues. It is expected that this study will contribute to world higher education system as well as ranking systems.
Recommended Citation
BULUT, MUSTAFA and ÖZDEMİR, SERVET. (2025). Approaches to Enhancing University Rankings. i.e.: inquiry in education: Vol. 17: Iss. 2, Article 7.Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/ie/vol17/iss2/7