Emerging from the Mist: French Universities and Global Rankings

Authors

  • Ludovic Highman

Keywords:

France, French higher education, consolidation, initiatives for excellence, differentiation, the Emerging Global Model of the research university, world-class universities, rankings, French universities, grandes écoles

Abstract

The French higher education landscape has been considerably altered in the early twenty-first century. In order to enhance the competitiveness of the sector at the global level, the French government has steered the system through structural policy processes aimed at consolidating it and overcoming the traditional divide between universities and grandes écoles, while providing incentive schemes rewarding mergers.

Author Biography

Ludovic Highman

Ludovic Highman is associate professor in higher education management, International Centre for Higher Education Management, School of Management, University of Bath, and research centre associate, Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK. Email: lah26@bath.ac.uk.

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Published

2021-01-15

How to Cite

Highman, L. (2021). Emerging from the Mist: French Universities and Global Rankings. International Higher Education, (105), 37–38. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/14399

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No. 105 (2021): Winter Issue

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