University Rankings and Social Science

A different approach to university rankings

Educationalists are well able to find fault with rankings on numerous grounds and may reject them outright. However, given that they are here to stay, we could also try to improve them wherever possible. All currently published university rankings combine various measures to produce an overall score using an additive approach. The individual measures are first normalized to make the figures ‘co...

On the function of university rankings

Global network centrality of university rankings

Universities and higher education institutions form an integral part of the national infrastructure and prestige. As academic research benefits increasingly from international exchange and cooperation, many universities have increased investment in improving and enabling their global connectivity. Yet, the relationship of university performance and its global physical connectedness has not been...

On social rankings and their properties

Several real-life complex systems, like human societies or economic networks, are formed by interacting units characterized by patterns of relationships that may generate a group-based social hierarchy. In this paper, we address the problem of how to rank the individuals with respect to their ability to “influence” the relative strength of groups in a society. We also analyse the effect of basi...

Grascophobia Among Student of University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science

Objectives: This study considering grascophobia and its related factors in University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science. Methods & Materials: This study is cross-sectional and we used available sampling. A Persian translation of Ageing Anxiety Scale (AAS) was administered to the university students. Results: The total Mean±SD is 70.08±9.69. The scale has 4 subscale and higher level...