Who is to blame? Evaluations in academia spreading through relationships among multiple actor types

We draw on a general model of the governance organizations to analyze dynamics among various actor types given present ubiquity evaluations in and around universities. Regulators demand assess return taxpayers’ money. Market actors, particularly publishers academic journals, promote different metrics, including citation scores impact factors. Scrutinizers, such as media companies, professions, auditors, nongovernmental organizations, create further by developing university rankings, accounting systems, investigative reports. There are also initiatives for inside universities: vice chancellors, department heads, other leaders launch voluntary internal assessments, researchers assist regulators, market scrutinizers throughout their evaluations. conclude that multiple actors responsible current evaluation regime academia, none them is alone. Rather, it dynamic relationships at levels we find strongest processes driving seemingly ever-increasing number contemporary academia.