U-Map and U-Multirank: new European transparency instruments for higher education
26 September 2011, by Jon File
This week the European Commission released a wide-ranging new communiqué (COM [2011] 567/2) entitled “Supporting growth and jobs – an agenda for the modernisation of Europe’s higher education systems.” As in previous policy documents, one of the points of departure is that Europe needs a wide diversity of higher education institutions; each institution must pursue excellence in line with its mission and strategic priorities; and that more transparent information about the profiles and performance of individual institutions is needed.
