World University Rankings

Introduction While the business of ranking universities in the United States and many other countries around the world has become fairly commonplace, the ranking of universities on a regional or global level is a much more recent phenomenon. Just as globalization has had a profound…

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University Rankings

On this page: Introduction Approaches to Ranking “Weight and Add” Criticisms 16 Principles Alternatives to the Weight-and-Add Approach “Group and Cluster” Latent Variable Analysis Government Initiatives Links to Country Rankings Introduction Employees at World Education Services are asked on occasion how they view a certain…

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University Rankings: Australia

On this page: The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Other resources: Australian Universities Network Student Outcome Indicators for the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund Hobsons The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research In November 2004, the Melbourne Institute of Applied…

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WENR, August 2006: Europe

Regional EU-US Strike Agreement on Cooperation in Tertiary Education At the EU-US summit in Vienna held in June, officials from the United States and the European Union inked an eight-year education agreement outlining cooperation in both higher education and vocational training. The EU will allocate…

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University Rankings: Hong Kong

Education 18.com & the Public Opinion Program In 2005 education18.com, a division of Media Education Info-Tech Co., Ltd, a consulting business for offshore education providers, produced its fifth annual survey of Cantonese-speaking public opinion on Hong Kong’s eight public universities. Methodology Public Opinion Program, a…

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