TY - JOUR AB - Academia has an ambivalent relationship with rankings. Academics complain constantly about them; yet, they always look for ways to “fix” them. Higher education scholars researching rankings often also exhibit a similar kind of ambivalence. The author argues that this ambivalence contributes to the further entrenchment of rankings as a practice in higher education, and calls for a heightened appreciation of reflexivity in research on this subject. DA - 2021 DO - 10.36197/IHE.2021.107.05 KW - Rankings KW - academia KW - higher education research KW - criticism KW - reflexivity LA - eng IS - Summer Issue M2 - 11 PY - 2021 SP - 11-12 T2 - International Higher Education TI - Academia’s Stockholm Syndrome: The Ambivalent Status of Rankings in Higher Education (Research) UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29561361 Y2 - 2024-12-25T17:58:50 ER -