[Civsoc-mw] Times university ranking

[Cedrick Ngalande]

Pia
The first question you should ask is, what metrics are being used in these
rankings? What factor is important in deciding University rank?  Is it the
rate at which the faculty get breakthroughs? Is it about the success of
graduates? It is about the rate of innovation associated with these
universities?

If you ask those questions, then you will know why most people don’t take
the Times’ ranking too seriously.

On Friday, May 18, 2018, pia likoya <plikoya at hotmail.com> wrote:

> cedrick,
>
>
> i bet the real reason you're sulking is because the US seems to have been
> pipped to the post by the two excellent english universities.
>
>
> you'd have been more comfortable had the status quo (harvard and princeton
> leading the pack) not been disturbed.
>
>
> before you start casting aspersions on the source, the times has been in
> the business of rankings long before you could say the alphabet.
>
>
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> *From:* Civsoc-mw <civsoc-mw-bounces at sdnp.org.mw> on behalf of Cedrick
> Ngalande <cedrick.goliati.ngalande at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 18 May 2018 08:19
> *To:* civsoc-mw at sdnp.org.mw
> *Cc:* higheredmalawi at googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Civsoc-mw] Times university ranking
>
> These rankings change depending on whether the rating
> organization/newspaper is European, Chinese or American.
>
> Different organizations use different matrix.
>
> On Thursday, May 10, 2018, Thandika <thandika at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings?utm_source=
> newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=the_logo&utm_
> campaign=the_rankings_newsletter
>
>
>
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