Public policy research project

Rethinking the university means defending its values, reinforcing its commitment to quality teaching, research and outreach, while at the same time reinvigorating its ties with a society in rapid transformation. These are activities that require both a return to the past, to review and correct, as well as looking to the future to innovative thinking – something that today is done with resignation. The Metricas.edu Project therefore looks to the future based on dimensions of openness and transparency.

V Metricas Forum

The Fórum Métricas is an initiative to create dialogue about academic performance in Higher Education between universities, funding agencies, governments, NGOs and society. The fourth edition was focused on increasing dialogue between higher education and the general public.

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Analysis

  • Times Higher Reputation 2023
    The Times Higher Education Reputation Ranking for 2023 was released in February 2024, despite although it should be noted that it is the reputation ranking used to inform the previous year’s rankings. Therefore, it should be considered relevant only to those results already published, not forthcoming ones.
  • QS Subject 2022
    The QS Subject analyzes participating institutions in 51 areas of knowledge, divided… Read more: QS Subject 2022
  • Global Employer University Ranking Survey (GEURS) 2022
    The GEURS ranking is now in its 11th edition. It is composed of a global survey of employers to ask not only who they regard as the best institutions to employ graduates from, but the skills and dimensions that they value when looking for new hires. This makes the survey more detailed than the similarly structured QS Employability Ranking.
  • Times Higher Education Young Universities 2022
    The Times Higher Education Young Universities counts universities that are 50 years old or younger, meaning that in the state of São Paulo the only public universities eligible for inclusion are Unesp (for another four years) and UFABC.

Highlights

Books

Repensar a Universidade I
Desempenho e comparações internacionais
Repensar a Universidade II:
Impactos para a sociedade

Ranking Monitor

University rankings are initiatives that compare, classify and position higher education institutions. This project aims to study and critically analyse the indicators of institutional and academic performance used in these national and international comparisons. Furthermore, this project discusses the governance related to following the academic and social impact of the public universities in the state of São Paulo. This project is financed by the Public Policy Research Program of FAPESP.

Literature review

Selected readings

  • Times Higher Reputation 2023
    The Times Higher Education Reputation Ranking for 2023 was released in February 2024, despite although it should be noted that it is the reputation ranking used to inform the previous year’s rankings. Therefore, it should be considered relevant only to those results already published, not forthcoming ones.
  •   Five challenges for contemporary Brazil
    Democratic renewal, food security, reindustrialization, digital transition, sustainability in the Amazon biome are critical challenges faced by Brazilian society
  • Times Higher Education Young Universities 2020
    THE defines a young university as one established less than 50 years previously.
  • Universities in the construction of a new era
    Jacques Marcovitch, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil  THE Latam, July 7th, 2020 from 10:05 to 10h35  Good morning, I would like to thank Times Higher Education for providing such a unique opportunity to discuss the theme Universities for the public good: reasserting the value of higher education post-pandemic. At such an… Read more: Universities in the construction of a new era
  • The Crises of 2020 and international comparison indicators
    As an epoch changing rupture event in human society, we can expect that almost all areas of the science system will be in some way affected by covid-19. These disruptions will lead to new challenges, new solutions to some challenges and newly impoverished actors who suddenly find themselves severely tested by the new environment.
  • How good are Brazilian universities?
    How is Brazilian research performing? Public universities are complex institutions that fulfil a huge variety of functions and roles within society. They have differing missions, levels of output and attending a variety of different sectors of society. The universities who feature in international rankings are research-intensive – they are dedicated… Read more: How good are Brazilian universities?