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University rankings are full of manure if you will pardon my French. The model they use favors big general universities with a strong research department. Also
by troebr 12y ago
University rankings are full of manure if you will pardon my French.
The model they use favors big general universities with a strong research department. Also how do you evaluate the learning environment? Number of flat screen tvs per student? Number of millions spent on sports facilities?
Teaching: the learning environment (worth 30 per cent of the overall ranking score)
Research: volume, income and reputation (worth 30 per cent)
Citations: research influence (worth 30 per cent)
Industry income: innovation (worth 2.5 per cent)
International outlook: staff, students and research (worth 7.5 per cent).
- peteretep 12y agoSure, but German universities are also surprisingly mediocre considering how good the Germans are at everything else.
- Kurtz79 12y agoThe parent post was challenging the definition of "mediocre". Given that such "mediocre" universities are able to sustain one of the most powerful economies in the world, they must not be so mediocre.
- peteretep 12y agoBy that logic, all sorts of institutions in the US and China are damn-near perfect, as they're able to sustain the world's most power economies.
- Dewie 12y ago> Sure, but German universities are also surprisingly mediocre considering how good the Germans are at everything else. Which just puts into question how useful elite universities are, on the whole.
- peteretep 12y agoSure, but German universities are also surprisingly mediocre considering how good the Germans are at everything else.