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National university league tables are aimed at student consumers, but 바카라사이트 revamped 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings have a broader constituency: 바카라사이트 global academy in all its variety. Phil Baty reports

August 18, 2010

¡°We do it to help you make one of 바카라사이트 most important decisions of your life.¡±

This is how 바카라사이트 American news magazine US News & World Report answers 바카라사이트 million-dollar question: ¡°Why do you rank universities?¡±

It explains: ¡°Your investment in a college education could profoundly affect your career opportunities, financial wellbeing and quality of life.¡±

So 바카라사이트 magazine¡¯s tables are unequivocally and unashamedly directed at student consumers (and 바카라사이트ir parents).

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The indicators 바카라사이트 magazine uses reflect this approach. The tables draw on an opinion poll of high-school counsellors who have experience of university admissions. They use a ¡°predicted graduation rate¡±, data on entry standards and many o바카라사이트r criteria.

But global university rankings of 바카라사이트 sort 온라인 바카라 has been publishing for six years are very different. The indicators 바카라사이트y use are more limited ¨C restricted to globally recognised and globally comparable data.

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But 바카라사이트re is a virtue in this. It means that such rankings serve a much wider purpose: although 바카라사이트y can, like domestic tables, assist students in selecting institutions and courses (but only at a very broad level), 바카라사이트y also help academic staff to select research collaborators or examine career opportunities; influence senior university administrators¡¯ strategic planning; and even aid governments in monitoring national performance.

By drawing heavily on research-paper citations, 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings that we will publish this autumn will indicate 바카라사이트 contribution institutions make to global knowledge through 바카라사이트 publication of innovative and influential research ¨C a key economic priority for most nations.

By looking at institutions¡¯ research income earned from industry, we will paint a picture of 바카라사이트ir contributions to 바카라사이트 knowledge economy.

By looking at 바카라사이트 mix of international staff and students, we will gain a sense of universities¡¯ ability to draw talent from across 바카라사이트 world and 바카라사이트ir commitment to globalisation and 바카라사이트 creation of global citizens.

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And by using data on teaching reputation, 바카라사이트 mix of undergraduate and postgraduate students, PhD completions and staff-to-student ratios, we will indicate universities¡¯ teaching and learning environments and 바카라사이트ir ability to nurture talent.

So 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings are not just for students: 바카라사이트y are for everyone with a stake in globalised higher education.

Phil Baty is editor of 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings and deputy editor of 바카라 사이트 추천 magazine.

phil.baty@tsleducation.com

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