TY - BOOK AU - Kaur,Sarjit AU - Morshidi Sirat AU - Tierney,William G. ED - Universiti Sains Malaysia TI - Quality assurance and university rankings in higher education in the Asia Pacific: challenges for universities and nations T2 - Academic imprint series / Penerbit USM SN - 9789838614443 PY - 2009/// CY - [Minden], Pulau Pinang PB - National Higher Education Research Institute, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, Distributors, Universiti Sains Malaysia Co-operative Bookshop, Universiti Sains Malaysia, MPH Distributos KW - Education, Higher KW - Asia KW - Universities and colleges KW - Accrediation KW - Evaluation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The academic ranking of world universities and the performance of Asia Pacific universities / Ying Cheng and Nian Cai Liu -- The global knowledge economy and the culture of comparison in higher education / Simon Marginson -- Beyond university rankings / Subramaniam Venkatraman -- Quality and graduate education / William G. Tierney and Douglas Burleson -- Quality dilemmas with regional education hubs and cities / Jane Knight -- Attitudes to ranking, comparing German, Australian, and Japanese experiences / Ellen Hazelkorn -- Measuring up? The competitive position of South East Asian higher education / Anthony Welch -- Quality assurance, university rankings and China's higher education, the case of Wuhan University / Rui Yang -- Going for global university ranking through the accelerated programme for excellence (APEX) in Malaysia / Sarjit Kaur and Morshidi Sirat -- Quality assurance and the Thai University ranking system / Paul T.J. James ER -