Rankings and the Identification of Inequities within the Brazilian Federal University System
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https://doi.org/10.32674/hepe.v7i1.3884Keywords:
University rankings, Brazil, Federal Universities, Regional inequitiesAbstract
University ranking exercises have attracted increasing criticism in recent years. For stakeholders per se, rankings can however, have beneficial effects, particularly in enhancing institutional recognition, attracting top faculty and researchers, as aids to student choice and decision-making, and stimulating program improvement. Another important effect—which has drawn scant attention in the literature to date—relates to the impact of rankings exercises in exposing unintended quality related inter-institutional anomalies within university ecosystems. In this study, the role of rankings in this regard are examined in the specific case of Brazil, through an investigation of regional inequities in that country’s publicly funded federal university network.
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