Ranking Evaluation for Dutch and German Universities: Does Differentiation Policy Pay in Higher Education? Matthias Klumpp, Harry deBoer, Hans Vossensteyn CHER Conference 2013, University of Lausanne, 10.09.2013

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1. Introduction 2. Ranking Analysis THE 3. Ranking Analysis ARWU 4. Policy Description DE & NL 5. Research Proposal

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1. Introduction

Background • Excellence and ranking discussion in higher education (WCU) • Parallel development of policy and management objectives of excellence (ranking positions?!) and efficiency • System and institutional level for this research field

Specific Research Question • Which first insights and further research questions into the system performance of HE (GER, NL) can be gained from THE and ARWU rankings in comparison with national policies regarding HE differentiation? 10.09.2013

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2. THE Ranking – GER and NL

 11 German versus 12 Dutch Universities among the THE top 200 HEI  NL: 92.3% of research universities and 23.1% of all HEI  GER: 10.2% of research universities and 2.6% of all HEI

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2012-13 WUR Ranking Position 48 64 67 70 70 72 77 78 83 89 99 105 114 115 127 128 140 144 151 154 171 187 199

Germany

Netherlands

U Munich U Leiden U Utrecht U Göttingen U Wageningen U Rotterdam TU Delft U Heidelberg U Amsterdam U Groningen HU Berlin TU Munich TU Eindhoven U Maastricht U Nijmegen FU Berlin VU Amsterdam U Freiburg KIT Karlsruhe RWTH Aachen U Bonn U Twente U Frankfurt

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2. THE Ranking – 2012 and 2010 2012-13 WUR Ranking Position 48 64 67 70 70 72 77 78 83 89 99 105 114 115 127 128 140 144 151 154 171 187 199 100.4 122.5

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2010 WUR Ranking Position 61 124 143 43 144 159 151 83 165 170 178 101 114 139 132 187 182 178 185 172 168 173 186 189 149.4 145.2

Difference

Germany

+13 +60 +76 -27 +74 +87 +74 +5 +82 +81 +79 -4 0 -1 -12 +34 +28 +7 -2 -27

U Munich

Total +508 Total +88

Netherlands

U Leiden U Utrecht U Göttingen U Wageningen U Rotterdam TU Delft U Heidelberg U Amsterdam U Groningen HU Berlin TU Munich TU Eindhoven U Maastricht U Nijmegen FU Berlin VU Amsterdam U Freiburg KIT Karlsruhe RWTH Aachen U Bonn U Twente U Frankfurt U Würzburg U Bielefeld U Konstanz U Tübingen NL 12/10 DE 11/14

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3. ARWU Ranking – GER and NL

 ARWU 2003-2013: 14 German & 8 Dutch U.  NL: 61.5% of research universities and 15.4% of all HEI  GER: 13.0% of research universities and 3.3% of all HEI

2013 ARWU Ranking Position

2008 ARWU Ranking Position

2003 ARWU Ranking Position

52 61 54 50 74 92

47 55 67 57 76 101-151

40 48 58 60 78 84

101-150 101-150 151-200 100 151-200 151-200 101-150 101-150 101-150

90 101-151 152-200 97 152-200 152-200 96 152-200 152-200

91 95 102-151 102-151 102-151 102-151 102-151 102-151 152-200 152-200 152-200

101-150

101-151

152-200

151-200 101-150 151-200 151-200 101-150 151-200 -

101-151 101-151 101-151 152-200 101-151 101-151 152-200

152-200 152-200 152-200 152-200 152-200 -

Av. 129.6 Av. 111.6

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Germany

Netherlands

U Utrecht U Munich U Heidelberg TU Munich U Leiden U Groningen U Göttingen FU Berlin U Amsterdam U Rotterdam U Freiburg U Köln U Hamburg U Bonn HU Berlin U Nijmegen U Wageningen VU Amsterdam U Tübingen U Münster U Mainz U Kiel U Frankfurt U Würzburg TU Delft 14 DE 8 NL

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4. Policy Descriptions – GER and NL 

Dutch higher education as a binary higher education system, comprising 13 research-led universities and 39 Universities of Applied Sciences (‘hogescholen’) with two-thirds of higher education students, with several degrees programmes: 2-year Associate degrees (offered at UAS), 4-year Bachelor’s degrees (UAS), 3-year Bachelor’s degrees (universities), 1- and 2-year Masters degrees (mainly universities), and PhD-degrees (universities).

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Differentiation plans 1980s

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2000 national strategic plan

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2009 Veerman Committee

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4. Policy Descriptions – GER and NL

Three “waves” of policy development:  1990s – NPM and Target Agreements  2000s – Federal Engagement and First stage of Excellence Initiative  2010s: Second Stage of the Excellence Initiative  Germany as “latecomer” 10.09.2013

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Comparative view regarding ranking impact of German and Dutch higher education systems – what can we learn and what question to be asked? (A) Ranking development of Dutch and German HE systems very different (B) Also, differences especially in the timeframe of differentiation policy can be described (“latecomer” Germany with Excellence Initiative) (C) Research hypotheses: (i) Policy does matter for institutional strategies, profiling and excellence  ranking positions; (ii) there is a significant time lag in policy implementation and institutional reactions and impacts.

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HE Policy

Ranking Positions

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(Differentiation)

(System)

System Level Institutional Level

Institutional Strategy Case Research Qualitative Interviews in 3-5 German and 3-5 Dutch Universities

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(Profiling)

Institutional Excellence and Performance

Ranking Positions (Institutions)

(Disciplines)

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Ranking Evaluation for Dutch and German Universities: Does Differentiation Policy Pay in Higher Education? Matthias Klumpp, Harry deBoer, Hans Vossensteyn

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