Within universities, a tension exists between research and teaching and learning, where research is often accorded a higher status creating a Cinderella effect by rendering teaching and learning of lesser importance. World university rankings, also referred to as global rankings, are contentious although they have become a permanent feature of the higher education (HE) system internationally (Rauhvargers 2013; Swail 2011; Altbach et al. 2009; Marginson 2007b). Lindsay (2013) argues that institutions have emphasized the importance of publications and prestige, which contribute to national and institutional reputation. Publications increase rankings thereby contributing to the lower prestige given to excellent teachers as compared to excellent researchers. This has consequently led to a decline in the attention given to teaching. Pressure exists in the HE system to play the ranking game without acknowledging that there are expertise and pockets of teaching excellence in universities. Through their performance criteria, global rankings are transforming universities into becoming similar and conforming to a single hierarchy (Marginson 2007a). In order to compete in the global HE market and improve their rankings, some universities have adopted a business model to mitigate the effects of globalisation and have begun to view themselves and higher education as a business. Global ranking systems thus have the agency either to perpetuate teaching and learning as the Cinderella function in HE, through the ranking game or to holistically focus their performance criteria on all the core functions of universities. Ethical policy decision-making in higher is thus essential.

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世界大学排名：关于南非高等教育体系中作为灰姑娘职能的教与学的思考

在大学内部，研究与教与学之间存在着紧张关系，在这种情况下，研究通常被赋予较高的地位，从而通过降低教与学的重要性来产生灰姑娘效应。尽管世界大学排名已成为国际上高等教育（HE）系统的永久特征，但世界大学排名也引起争议（Rauhvargers 2013； Swail 2011； Altbach等人2009； Marginson 2007b）。Lindsay（2013）认为，机构已经强调了出版物和声望的重要性，这些出版物和声望有助于国家和机构的声誉。与优秀研究人员相比，出版物提高了排名，从而降低了优秀教师的声望。因此，这导致对教学的关注下降。在没有承认大学中存在专业知识和卓越教学能力的情况下，HE系统存在打排名游戏的压力。通过其绩效标准，全球排名正在将大学转变为相似且遵循单一等级的大学（Marginson 2007a）。为了在全球高等教育市场中竞争并提高排名，一些大学采用了一种商业模式来减轻全球化的影响，并开始将自己和高等教育视为一种业务。因此，全球排名系统可以使该机构通过排名游戏使教学和学习成为灰姑娘职能中的永久功能，或者将其绩效标准全面地集中在大学的所有核心职能上。因此，更高级别的道德政策决策至关重要。