Category: Rankings

As you may know, a new ranking of national systems of higher education was released a couple of weeks ago. The ranking was put together by a team of Monash University professors led by Ross Williams, and published by the Melbourne Institute and Universitas 21, a global alliance of 24 research intensive universities. It’s not the first attempt to rank national systems – we here at HESA have done two iterations of a global ranking on affordability and accessibility – but

There are three types of rankings and ratings out there. The first are the ones published by The Globe and Mail, U.S. News and World Report, and Maclean’s – essentially consumer guides which try to focus on aspects of the undergraduate experience. Then there are very quantitatively-oriented research rankings, from places like Shanghai Jiao Tong, Leiden and HEEACT. And then there are the beauty contests, like the Time Higher Education’s World University Reputation Rankings, which was issued last week. Or rather,