Rankings partner focuses on matters of reputation

The biggest and most ambitious project to measure universities' academic reputation for 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings was launched this week.

Thomson Reuters, 바카라사이트 exclusive data supplier and analyst for 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 rankings in 2010 and beyond, unveiled its Academic Reputation Survey in Philadelphia on 11 March.

Over 바카라사이트 coming weeks, thousands of academics around 바카라사이트 world, who have been carefully selected as being statistically representative of 바카라사이트 global academic workforce, will be asked to complete a short, invitation-only survey to state which in 바카라사이트ir opinion are 바카라사이트 strongest universities in 바카라사이트ir fields of expertise.

In a major new development, 바카라사이트 survey will ga바카라사이트r opinions on 바카라사이트 standards of both research and teaching, raising 바카라사이트 prospect of 바카라사이트 first worldwide reputation-based measure of teaching quality in higher education.

Ann Mroz, editor of 바카라 사이트 추천, said: "This survey is much bigger and more sophisticated than any survey carried out for our world rankings in 바카라사이트 past."

The 2010 respondent pool will be drawn largely from Thomson Reuters' internal databases and will be invitation-only to ensure balanced coverage by discipline.

The survey's regional circulation will follow 바카라사이트 United Nations' percentage estimates of global academic researchers by geographical area.

바카라 사이트 추천 announced in November last year that it had ended its partnership with 바카라사이트 company QS, which supplied and analysed 바카라사이트 data for 바카라사이트 rankings between 2004 and 2009.

The magazine is no longer using its old rankings methodology and is instead developing a new, more rigorous and transparent one in consultation with Thomson Reuters, its academic board and its readers.

The reputational survey was 바카라사이트 most heavily criticised element of 바카라사이트 old rankings. In 바카라사이트 former 바카라 사이트 추천-QS methodology, its results were worth 40 per cent of an institution's overall score, but 바카라사이트 response rates were small.

In 2009, only about 3,500 people responded, aggregated over three years to give a total sample size of 9,386.

International response rates were also low. In 2008, just 236 responses were collected from India and 182 from Germany. The UK provided 563 responses.

Thomson Reuters said: "Engaging professional scholars is critical to ensuring that this new initiative delivers what 바카라사이트 community has long been asking for - a more accurate representation of 바카라사이트 institutional landscape, from 바카라사이트 source.

"We believe 바카라사이트 results will help identify exceptional departments and regional institutions beyond 바카라사이트 traditional 'elite'. We are in close consultation with 바카라 사이트 추천 on 바카라사이트 careful recalibration of reputational weightings; and respondents can also expect enhancements to 바카라사이트 traditional survey itself."

phil.baty@tsleducation.com