Rankings of Universities and Power in the Digital Age

This paper will discuss one topic in the current debate on higher education： How power is exercised between universities？ How do colleges determine what the best college is？ What are the differences in the excersise of power in the digital age？ The authors analyze one of the mechanisms of relationship and contact between different universities： the rankings. They will discuss the practices that allow certain values and organizations they are becoming central nodes between universities and the influences of the information and communication technologies in the measurement mechanisms. The authors seek to show the rankings serve as mechanisms to exercise power among universities. These measurements become a tool and justification in competition between universities for resources such as funding, prestige, and student demand. The analysis is based on the University of Mexico, the authors use the ranking of the best universities in Latin America and the best universities in Mexico.

初探『旅愁』的未完成

『旅愁』是日本新感觉派作家横光利一前后历时10年心血的毕生大作,但褒贬毁誉参半。因为这部作品,横光被定为战争责任者,受到了比转向文学家更多的批判。但这部作品最后却是以未完成来结尾的。但从作品的创作背景、创作动机等方面来看,作品其实是以未完成的形式来完结,表达了作者对被认定为战争责任者的反抗。