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Ranking, Rating, Benchmarking... what is serving which purpose?. Some characteristics of rating, ranking, benchmarking. Rating often external benchmarks groupings Goal: trust building (investment) famous in business world and banking ( e.g. Standard and Poor‘s)
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Ranking, Rating, Benchmarking... what is serving which purpose?
Some characteristics of rating, ranking, benchmarking • Rating • often external benchmarks • groupings • Goal: trust building (investment) • famous in business world and banking ( e.g. Standard and Poor‘s) • Comparison against standards • Ranking • indicators with general relevance • League tables (exception CHE ranking) • Goal: transparency • competition • Benchmarking • Internal and/or external benchmarks (depending on availability) • No ranks, best practices, possibly groupings • Goal: enhancement (process or status) • Cooperation, comparison
Transparency Benchmarking CHE Ranking / Rating Enhancement
CHE-rating of BA-programs „Employability“: complementary to CHE-ranking: information on labour market, employability pilot project: rating of BA-programs in Business Studies co-operation with organisation of graduate recruiters (DAPM)
CHE-rating of BA-programs „Employability“: • four dimensions: • methodological skills • social skills • work experience • internationality / cross-cultural learning • possible indicators for MBA-ranking • plus: important: perspective for graduates • assessment of programs & competencies gained • information on careers
No ranking of whole universities Ranking of single subjects / subject areas No overall score from weighted indicators Multidimensional ranking No individual ranks in league tables Rank groups top intermediate bottom
Becoming European… Approach 1: University C NL D • Decision-driving factors: • Undergraduate Education • Prime targets for students from core group countries • Compatibility of subject areas University A FL Teacher Education Country A A CH Medicine Country B University B
Becoming European… Approach 2: Segmenting the Market: • level of: • benchmarking • study guide subject type: e.g. business departments level of education: postgraduate programmes
Becoming European… the Pilot Project: EUSID! EuropeanStudyGuide for High Potential Students in Sciences • Aims • contribute to European Higher Education Area • Provide substantial information for Postgraduate Students • show the internationally competitive strength of European science departments! • Method • selection of top-level universities in sciences • multi-dimensional approach • based on the ranking experience of CHE
BC of Universities of Technology • BC of Universities of Applied Sciences • European Benchmarking Initiative • European Benchmarking Club • International Benchmarking Club of Summer Universities
Coimbra Group Benchmarking Club: • Not externally driven • Self-defined enhancement tools • Facilitated process = no self-reference • Support instrument to achieve improved results in rankings