Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v23i4.4039
Academic Ranking of Universities in Southeast Europe
Ranko Bojanić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9217-3296
; Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Veselin Perović
; Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Jelisaveta Šafranj
orcid.org/0000-0003-0861-2290
; Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tamara Bojanić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8304-5850
; Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Sažetak
Ranking universities has become increasingly significant since 2003, when the
first ranking of the most successful universities, the Academic Ranking of World
Universities – ARWU (or Shanghai Ranking), was published. The ARWU propelled
other rankings of world universities. In 2019, only two countries from Southeast
Europe were represented in the Shanghai Ranking. Universities from Serbia and
Croatia were ranked in the Shanghai Ranking, while the other countries of Southeast
Europe were not listed. Slovenia had a university ranked in the 2018 list, but
remains unrepresented in 2019. A considerable range of the criteria (60%) used
in this ranking is based on data collected using scientometrics, which is obviously
insufficient and inappropriate for the countries of Southeast Europe. Therefore, one
of the possibilities of coping with the problem is developing a reliable methodology
for ranking universities from these countries with the aim of increasing their quality
and improving their position on the global lists. This paper attempts to propose a
new methodology and criteria applicable in these countries in order to eliminate the
problems that appear in global rankings. The proposed methodology, which was made
on the basis of the Shanghai List, would lead to an increase in the quality of studies
in Southeast Europe, primarily through competition between these universities. The
methodology has been formed in such a way that it prevents favouring any institution,
regardless of the country it comes from and the ownership structure. Ranking would
contribute to raising the quality and improving the position on all lists at the global
level, thereby it would help private faculties and universities to take their place in the
educational space of Southeast Europe and facilitate the role of their establishment
as primarily transferring knowledge, competencies and skills, instead of providing
financial benefits to their owners.
Ključne riječi
indicators; faculties; methodology; quality
Hrčak ID:
272636
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2021.
Posjeta: 642 *