On August 19, 2023, the Classified Catalogue of Overseas Universities (Humanities and Social Sciences) jointly formulated by the National University Information Research Association and the Evaluation and Research Center of China Renmin University was released in Beijing.
The research group selected philosophy, language and literature, history, art, business administration, economics, law, sociology, politics, public administration, journalism and communication, library and information management, education and so on 13 internationally accepted humanities and social sciences as the evaluation objects.
From the two dimensions of academic innovation and personnel training, this paper evaluates and ranks the strength of related disciplines of more than 6,543,800 overseas academic institutions. The top 2% of the scores were rated as A+, the top 5% as A, the top 654.38+00% as A-, the top 40% as B, and the top 70% as C, thus obtaining the subject classification catalogue of overseas universities (humanities and social sciences).
Among them, Harvard University ranks first among overseas universities in nine fields of humanities and social sciences. Among the other four disciplines of humanities and social sciences, the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, Oxford University and Amsterdam University each rank first among overseas universities in one field.
The role of quality evaluation framework of transnational higher education;
1. Education standards and guidelines: The quality evaluation framework of transnational higher education should be based on international education standards and guidelines, such as UNESCO's education quality standards and European higher education quality assurance standards. These standards and guidelines cover the requirements of teaching, research, student support and academic freedom, and provide the same reference framework for educational institutions.
2. Quality evaluation mechanism: The quality evaluation framework of transnational higher education should establish a set of scientific and effective evaluation mechanism, including evaluation methods, evaluation indicators and evaluation process. Evaluation methods can include questionnaire survey, expert review, student feedback and other forms to fully understand the teaching quality and student satisfaction of educational institutions.
3. Publicity and use of evaluation results: Another important element of the quality evaluation framework of transnational higher education is the publicity and use of evaluation results. The evaluation results should be made public to the public and students, so as to enhance the transparency and sense of responsibility of educational institutions. At the same time, the evaluation results should also be a reference for students to choose schools and majors and help them make wise decisions.