Thiel, Jonas, <br/><br/>
Rating and rankings in higher education :  a new-materialist exploration of how they control society / 
Jonas Thiel. 
 - First Edition. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2022. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Concepts for Critical Psychology .
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Conceptual Foundations: Karen Barad's Agential Realism -- Ratings and Rankings as Apparatuses -- The NSS as a Disciplinary and Neo-Liberal Hybrid -- Divide and Rule: The NSS as an Antagonistic Governmentality -- Governmental Apparatuses of Bodily Production -- Conclusion -- Solidarity, Accelerationism and Utopia. 
<br/><br/> "This important work critically investigates the use of rating and ranking systems in higher education, to show how they govern the academic population through the creation of competition and antagonism. Engaging with current debates around 'value', tuition fees, and the role of higher education in society, this is fascinating reading for advanced students and academics in psychology, education, sociology, and philosophy"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780367815806 036781580X 9781000593808 1000593800 9781000593785 1000593789 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Universities and colleges--Ratings and rankings--Great Britain.<br/>Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Great Britain.<br/>Education, Higher--Evaluation--Social aspects.<br/>College students--Rating of--Great Britain.<br/>Student evaluation of teachers--Great Britain.<br/>Competition--Great Britain.<br/>Higher education and state--Great Britain.<br/>PSYCHOLOGY / General<br/>PSYCHOLOGY / Education & Training<br/>PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>National Student Surveys. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.41