U-MULTIRANK FACING CHALLENGES REGARDING THE QUALITY OF THE INDICATORS
June 1st, 2013
THE CONSORTIUM running the European Commission-backed U-Multirank is working to better ensure the quality and reliability of the indicators it will use to rank universities, University World News has been told. Speaking exclusively to University World News, Jordi Curell, director of higher education and international affairs at the Commission’s directorate general for education and culture, said assessments were weakened by universities failing to monitor the professional success of their graduates: “There is an issue because some of the indicators are ...
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