Abstract
Reputation scores are a key problem with international rankings. Our study shows that the initial Times Higher Education rankings had a disproportionate impact on people's assessment of international university reputations.
Highlights
Three hypotheses were supported by the data
They believe that many constituents within and outside of higher education rely on international or national rankings to reveal which universities are “good” or “great.” If this is true, these rankings may become virtually synonymous with institutional reputation over time
EXAMINING ANCHORING EFFECTS ON UNIVERSITY REPUTATION To explore empirically whether the early Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) world university rankings provided an anchoring point for subsequent assessments of institutional reputation, this article examines the first three years of the THES rankings and the corresponding reputation ratings, which were provided by a variety of academics worldwide
Summary
Three hypotheses were supported by the data. First, consistent with anchoring theory, the initial THES rankings were associated with increases in reputational assessments. “Anchoring” the World University Rankings Nicholas A. This article is adapted (with permission) from Higher Education, Anchoring Effects in World University Rankings: Exploring Biases in Reputation Scores; more can be read about their rankings research at http://www.umich.edu/~bastedo.
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