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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">worldneweconomy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Мир новой экономики</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>The world of new economy</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2220-6469</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2220-7872</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Financial University under The Governtment оf The Russian Federation</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26794/2220-6469-2022-16-3-6-19</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">worldneweconomy-360</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЭКОНОМИКА XXI ВЕКА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ECONOMY OF THE XXI CENTURY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Идентификация университетов мирового класса: деструктивный плюрализм</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Identification оf World Class Universities: Destructive Pluralism</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3371-2229</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Балацкий</surname><given-names>Е. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Balatsky</surname><given-names>E. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Евгений Всеволодович Балацкий — доктор экономических наук, профессор, директор Центра макроэкономических исследований, главный научный сотрудник Лаборатории математической экономики</p><p>Москва</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Evgeny V. Balatsky — Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Prof., Director of the Center for Macroeconomic Research,  Chief Researcher</p><p>Moscow</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">evbalatsky@inbox.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6873-7146</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Екимова</surname><given-names>Н. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ekimova</surname><given-names>N. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p> Наталья Александровна Екимова — кандидат экономических наук, доцент, ведущий научный сотрудник Центра макроэкономических исследований</p><p>Москва </p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p> Natalia A. Ekimova — Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Assoc. Prof., Leading Researcher at the Center for Macroeconomic Research</p><p>Moscow </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">n.ekimova@bk.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Центральный экономико-математический институт РАН;  Финансовый университет</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>RAS Central Economics and Mathematics Institute;  Financial University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Финансовый университет</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Financial University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2022</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>12</day><month>10</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>6</fpage><lpage>19</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Балацкий Е.В., Екимова Н.А., 2022</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Балацкий Е.В., Екимова Н.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Balatsky E.V., Ekimova N.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://wne.fa.ru/jour/article/view/360">https://wne.fa.ru/jour/article/view/360</self-uri><abstract><p>Статья посвящена проблеме идентификации университетов мирового класса (УМК) на основе информации, предоставляемой различными рейтинговыми системами. Актуальность работы обусловлена тем обстоятельством, что в 2022 г. Россия была «отлучена» от мирового сообщества, в том числе —прервано сотрудничество с ведущими международными ранкерами университетов, в связи с чем страна рискует потерять возможность проверки своих успехов и неудач по общепризнанным критериям. Цель статьи состоит в исследовании гипотезы о том, что база «дружественного» рейтинга ARWU может служить эффективной заменой базы «недружественного» рейтинга QS, для чего применен ранее разработанный алгоритм идентификации УМК с использованием статистических данных пяти глобальных рейтингов университетов (ГРУ) —Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Times Higher Education (THE), Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) и National Taiwan University Ranking (NTU) —и двух предметных рейтингов университетов (ПРУ) — QS и ARWU. Проведенные расчеты опровергли генеральную гипотезу и выявили принципиальную нестыковку результатов, полученных на основе разных рейтингов. Кроме того, на примере ARWU было вскрыто глубинное противоречие в логике составления ГРУ и ПРУ. Таким образом, встает более общий вопрос об адекватности самого понятия УМК. Для ответа на него был проведен «гуманитарный тест» на валидность современных УМК, показавший наличие у выпускников передовых университетов элементарной безграмотности и бескультурья. Собранные стилизованные примеры позволили установить, что современные лидеры мирового рынка университетов не проходят «гуманитарный тест», а потому и вся система рейтингования не может считаться надежной основой для выводов о деятельности вузов. Обсуждается вопрос о замене термина УМК на менее претенциозную «продуктовую» категорию — практикоориентированные университеты.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article deals with the problem of identifying world-class universities (WCU) on the basis of information provided by various ranking systems. The relevance of the problem is due to the fact that in 2022 Russia was “cut off” from the world community, including the interruption of cooperation with leading international ranking universities, so the country risks losing the opportunity to self-check its successes and failures by generally recognized criteria. In this regard, the purpose of this article is hypothesis verifcation that the “friendly” ranking of ARWU base can serve as an effective substitute for the “unfriendly” QS ranking base. To test the formulated hypothesis, we used the previously developed algorithm for identifying WCU using statistical data from the fve Global University Rankings — Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Times Higher Education (THE), Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) and National Taiwan University Ranking (NTU) — and two University Rankings by subject — QS and ARWU. Conducted calculations disproved the general hypothesis and revealed a fundamental inconsistency of results obtained on the basis of different rankings. In addition, by the example of the ARWU, a profound contradiction in the logic of compiling the GUR and the SRU was uncovered. That raises a broader question about adequacy of the concept of the WCU itself. To answer this question, we conducted a “humanitarian test” for the validity of modern WCU, which showed the presence of elementary illiteracy and lack of culture among graduates of advanced universities. Collected stylized examples allowed to establish that modern world market leaders’ universities do not pass the “humanitarian test”, and therefore the entire rating system cannot be considered a reliable basis for conclusions about the activities of universities. The question of replacing the term WCU with a less pretentious “product” category — practice-oriented universities — is being discussed.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>университеты мирового класса</kwd><kwd>высшее образование</kwd><kwd>конкурентоспособность</kwd><kwd>рейтинг</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>world-class universities</kwd><kwd>higher education</kwd><kwd>competitiveness</kwd><kwd>ranking</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Hazelkorn E. Rankings and the reshape of higher education: The battle for world-class excellence. 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