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Background and Design

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Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 37))

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This chapter presents the history and development of the U-Multirank project, the system’s design principles, conceptual framework and methodological approach.

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    http://www.ireg-observatory.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=48

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    Expert Group on Assessment of University-Based Research (2010), Assessing Europe’s University-Based Research, European Commission, DG Research, EUR 24187 EN, Brussels.

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  1. Centre for Higher Education (CHE), Gütersloh, Germany

    Gero Federkeil

  2. Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Frans Kaiser, Frans A. van Vught & Don F. Westerheijden

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  1. Helmerstraat 201, Enschede, 7546 PD, Netherlands

    Frans A. van Vught

  2. Osnabrück, Germany

    Frank Ziegele

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Federkeil, G., Kaiser, F., van Vught, F.A., Westerheijden, D.F. (2012). Background and Design. In: van Vught, F., Ziegele, F. (eds) Multidimensional Ranking. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3005-2_6

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