More Shanghai Needed
I’m in Shanghai this week, a guest of the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University for their biannual conference. It’s probably the best spot on the international conference circuit to watch how governments and institutions are adapting to a world in which their performance is being measured, compared and ranked on a global scale. In discussions like this the subject of rankings is never far away, all the more so at this meeting because its convenor, Professor