The SSCI syndrome in higher education : a local or global phenomenon /
As a result of the world class university rankings, many governments adopt public incentives and sanctions to push universities to excel. Above all, the better faculty research publication in SSCI and SCI journals, the more resources and social prestige universities will obtain. This timely book att...
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| Language: | English |
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Rotterdam :
SensePublishers,
2014
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| Series: | Comparative and international education series ;
v. 29. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; TABLE OF CONTENTS; WHY THE SSCI SYNDROME IS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON?; A LOCAL OR GLOBAL PHENOMENON?; ORIGIN OF THE ISSUE IN TAIWAN; THE GLOBAL DILEMMA OF THE SSCI SYNDROME; LOCAL RESPONSE FOR FAIR PLAY; OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK; REFERENCES; ENDORSEMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; PROMOTING THE GLOBAL UNIVERSITY IN TAIWAN: University Governance Reforms and Academic Reflections; INTRODUCTION; THE QUEST FOR WORLD-CLASS STATUS AND UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE REFORM; THE CONTEXT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION REFORMS IN TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE CHANGE AND MANAGEMENT REFORM.
- MAJOR STRATEGIES PROMOTING 'WORLD-CLASS UNIVERSITY'EVALUATING UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE CHANGE: ACADEMIC REFLECTIONS; Assessing Incorporation's Benefits to University Governance; Assessing Incorporation and Academic Autonomy; Assessing the Impact of International Benchmarking on the Academic Profession; DISCUSSION: INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING AND ACADEMIC PROFESSION; CONCLUSION; NOTE; REFERENCES; AFFILIATION; THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF QUANTITATIVE INDEXES FOR MEASURING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENT EMPHASIS ON APPROACHES OF ACADEMIC EVALUATION.
- THE PROS AND CONS OF QUANTITATIVE MEASURES FOR ACADEMIC EVALUATIONPros; Cons; THE REALITIES; THE CORE ISSUES; REFLECTIONS ON THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEMS; The U.S.; Japan; Taiwan; FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; AFFILIATION; A DIFFICULT SITUATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TAIWAN; INTRODUCTION; QUANTIFYING; RANKING; 1. Mutual-suspicion; 2. For objectivity; 3. SuccessÆPower attainmentÆSelf-replication; SOCIAL GAP; "CARROT AND STICK"; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; AFFILIATIONS; TO BE OR NOT TO BE: Impacts of "I" Idolization from the Perspective of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty in Taiwan.
- INTRODUCTIONLITERATURE REVIEW; 2.1 Justification of "I"-Orientated Evaluation; 2.2 Criticisms of "I"-Orientated Evaluation; METHODOLOGY; FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION; 4.1 Catering for Preference of SSCI Journals vs. Academic Discrimination Against Locality/Nativism; 4.2 Partial Development of Academic Research; 4.3 Language Difficulties vs. Professional/Academic Inferiority; 4.4 Academic Colonization of Native English-Speaking Countries vs. Degrading Local Journals; 4.5 Equity Issues; 4.5.1 Social injustice.
- 4.5.2 Inequity of academic position and disproportionate distribution of academic resourcesCONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; NOTES; REFERENCES; AFFILIATION; ISI PERCEPTIONS AND HARD FACTS: An Empirical Study from Taiwan; INTRODUCTION; METHOD; Participants; RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS; ISI Database Facts; ISI Database Perceptions; Roles of ISI Database; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; AFFILIATION; REFLECTIONS FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CITATION INDEX (SSCI) AND ITS INFLUENCE ON EDUCATION RESEARCH IN TAIWAN; INTRODUCTION; SSCI JOURNALS AND RESEARCH QUALITY; RESEARCH METHODS.
