Monday, July 31, 2017

The world is safe for another year

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The Princeton Review has just published the results of its annual survey of 382 US colleges with 62 lists of various kinds. I'll publis...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Comments on an Article by Brian Leiter

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Global university rankings are now nearly a decade and a half old. The Shanghai rankings (Academic Ranking of World Universities or ARWU) b...
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Monday, July 03, 2017

Proving anything you want from rankings

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It seems that university rankings can be used to prove almost anything that journalists want to prove. Ever since the Brexit referendum...
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Sunday, June 18, 2017

Comparing the THE and QS Academic Reputation Surveys

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Times Higher Education  (THE) has just published its 2017 reputation rankings which include 100 universities. These are based on a survey d...
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Thursday, June 15, 2017

The Abuse and Use of Rankings

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International university rankings have become a substantial industry since the first appearance of the Shanghai rankings (Academic Ranking ...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Ten Universities with a Surprisingly Large Research Impact

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Every so often newspapers produce lists of universities that excel in or are noteworthy for something. Here is a list of ten universities th...
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Sunday, May 28, 2017

The View from Leiden

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Ranking experts are constantly warning about the grim fate that awaits the universities of the West if they are not provided with all the ...
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