New EUA report on rankings - 'Rankings in Institutional Strategies and Processes: Impact or Illusion?'

EUA today publishes a new report entitled “Rankings in Institutional Strategies and Processes (RISP): Impact or Illusion?”. The publication, presented at an event in Brussels, is the outcome of a 2.5 year EUA-led project* which has carried out the first pan-European study of the impact and influence of rankings on European higher education institutions.
The study consisted of three steps, an online survey followed by a series of site visits to institutions and a roundtable with senior university managers and stakeholders. The online survey, which gathered responses from 171 higher education institutions in 39 European countries, confirmed that rankings have an impact on institutions and their activities albeit in a number of different ways.
The report ends with a series of questions that are designed to help university leaders in developing institutional responses with regard to rankings.
The full report can be downloaded here. More...