TITLE:
Cybermetrics Higher Educational Institution (HEI) Ranking Strategies: Useful Lessons for HEI’s in Ghana to Adopt
AUTHORS:
Godfred Yeboah Annum
KEYWORDS:
Cybermetrics Lab, Ranking Indicators, Problem-Based Learning, E-Learning Systems, Open-Access Institutional Repositories
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.6,
June
16,
2022
ABSTRACT: Statistics from top world University and higher
educational institution ranking agencies including Cybermetrics Lab reveal
Ghanaian universities ranking relatively low among their African counterparts
in particular and the world at large. To understand this trend of occurrence an
online survey was conducted for an in depth
study of Cybermetrics Lab ranking methodology to help create awareness of strategies Ghanaian universities can
adopt to improve their ranking
positions. This study, which employed the Review Research Method, brought
to the fore, three key ranking indicators as bases for its rankings “Visibility,
Transparency and Excellence”. Again, the best practices of the three topmost
higher institutions on its ranking list were also examined to understand the secret
behind their impressive performance. This paper reports on this study and proposes three strategic schemes that when
considered effectively can help Higher Educational Institutions in Ghana
improve their ranking standings. Firstly, the
adoption of problem-based learning pedagogies, secondly, fostering of
e-learning systems in tertiary institutions and thirdly, the promotion of
open-access institutional repositories to publish and share high impact scientific,
technological and cultural knowledge generated by the lecturers of the institutions.