National University Rankings Comparative Study Of Index System

In recent years, University Ranking have developed rapidly in our country, and become an important form of social evaluation. However,Along with the development of University Rankings, they met severe controversial. Among them, the dispute about index system is a focus, because the index system of ranking plays basic function, it determines the scientific, which results to determine the social effects of University Ranking's breadth, depth and recognized degree.The paper with four Universities Ranking as the research object, in the base of about background, development history and present situation, do a comprehensive of comparative research, which from the idea and principles, content and weight four dimensions of index system. In the idea comparison, the paper mainly from the several aspects study, such as whether to compliance with social needs and reflect the university's function;In The principle comparison,it analysies from purpose, systematic and stability three dimensions; In the content comparison, it according to CIPP mode, the comparison from the input,output, the processthree aspects;In the weight comparison, it analysies from several of common important indicators, such as teachers, students and school reputation.Meanwhile, the paper also as some Hunan University for sample and analyzed the ranking list in four University Rankings.Finally, it get the conclusion:University Rankings of our country's index system not only has some common characteristics, such as they meet the social demand of main evaluation purpose; The key university as the main object; with the main function of the university for assessment dimensions; Education input, output as the main evaluation link. They also have their obvious characteristics. At the end of the paper, the author summarized the comparative study and put forward some suggestions.