Sunday, May 13, 2007

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The University of Santo Tomas Varsitarian , the newspaper of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in the Philippines has publish...
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Friday, May 11, 2007

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More about Student-Faculty Ratios I have just discovered a very good site by Ben Wilbrink, Prestatie-indicatoren (indicator systems ) . He s...
Wednesday, May 09, 2007

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Another Comment on QS and Kenan-Flagler A blog by MBA student Shawn Snyder remarks: "So CNN recently published its "Top 50 Busines...

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More on QS and Kenan - Flagler There is an interesting post at Accepted Admissions Almanac about the QS - Kenan - Flagler affair. The writ...

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Best Value Colleges The Princeton Review (registration required) has published a list of the best value colleges in the US. Here is what the...
Thursday, May 03, 2007

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‘again!?’ Yep... Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd (QS) did it again. Eric Beeekens at Bog,u +S has written some excellent posts on the internatio...

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Book Review This is a draft of a review that may appear shortly in an academic journal. Guide to the World’s Top Universities , John O’Leary...
Friday, April 27, 2007

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How Rankings Lead to a Decline in Quality Geoffrey Alderman, currently a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, U...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

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Comparison of the THES-QS "Peer Review" and Citations per Faculty Scores QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the consultants responsible for ...
Monday, April 23, 2007

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Book Review in the THES A new book on university rankings, The World-Class University and Ranking: Aiming Beyond Status , has appeared and h...
Friday, April 20, 2007

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Rankings to be Investigated The Guardian has announced that the Higher Education Funding Council for England ( Hefce ) will investigate u...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

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More about Internationalisation There is a very interesting piece by Ahmad Ismail at highnetworth -- acknowledgement to Education in Malays...

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How Rankings Produce Distortions A letter to the Cornell Daily Sun from Mao Ye, a student-elected trustee, suggests increasing the recruitme...
Monday, March 05, 2007

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Top Universities Ranked by Research Impact The THES – QS World Universities Rankings, and its bulky offspring, Guide to the World’s Top Univ...
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Thursday, March 01, 2007

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THES-QS Bias Chart LevDau has been kind enough to reproduce my post "More Problems with Method" and to add a couple of very inter...
Monday, February 26, 2007

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Is it Really a Matter of Global Opinion? The THES-QS rankings of 2005 and 2006 are heavily weighted towards its so-called peer review, which...
Monday, February 19, 2007

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Inflatable Australian Universities Professor Simon Marginson of the University of Melbourne has made some very appropriate comments to Th...
Friday, February 16, 2007

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More problems With Method Another problem with the peer review section of the THES-QS World University Rankings is that it is extremely bias...
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Thursday, February 15, 2007

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Something Needs Explaining QS Quacquarelli Symonds have published additional information on their web site concerning the selection of the i...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

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Congratulations to the Technical University Munich The Technical Univeritsity of Munich has pulled off a major feat. It has been awarded no...
Sunday, February 11, 2007

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A Robust Measure There is something very wrong with the THES-QS Guide to the World’s Top Universities, recently published in association wi...
Friday, February 09, 2007

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Guide to the World’s Top Universities Guide to the World’s Top Universities: Exclusively Featuring the Official Times Higher Education Sup...
Monday, February 05, 2007

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The Rise of Seoul National University One remarkable feature of the THES-QS world university rankings has been the rise of the Seoul Nation...
Monday, January 29, 2007

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More About Duke On January 23rd I wrote to John O’Leary, Editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement concerning the data for Duke Univer...
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