Comments on: QS.com Asian University Rankings: niches within niches…within… http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/qs-com-asian-university-rankings-niches-within-niches-within/ Surveying the Construction of Global Knowledge/Spaces for the 'Knowledge Economy' Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: RP Orio http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/qs-com-asian-university-rankings-niches-within-niches-within/#comment-3260 RP Orio Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:17:26 +0000 http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-3260 Your data on student population and others are wrong! For example, you talked about UP Diliman, then you included all the student population of the seven campuses. Your number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs is also wrong. UP Diliman alone has more than 300 degree programs, not 94. Your descriptive statements of schools are also obsolete. Where do you get all these wrong data and misinformation? I know UP never submitted data for your ranking. How have you been obtaining those spurious data all these years. Funny but not entertaining! Your data on student population and others are wrong! For example, you talked about UP Diliman, then you included all the student population of the seven campuses. Your number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs is also wrong. UP Diliman alone has more than 300 degree programs, not 94. Your descriptive statements of schools are also obsolete. Where do you get all these wrong data and misinformation? I know UP never submitted data for your ranking. How have you been obtaining those spurious data all these years. Funny but not entertaining!

]]> By: RP Orio http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/qs-com-asian-university-rankings-niches-within-niches-within/#comment-3259 RP Orio Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:05:04 +0000 http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-3259 For the Philippines, university ranking does not match reality. For example, one school with only Management Engineering (not even a real Engineering course), Electronics & Communications Engineering, and Computer Science is the country's best in Engineering and IT! How could that be. Silly! Then in Arts & Humanities, that same school is also best when it does not even offer courses in the Arts. Also, in life sciences and biomedicine, how could that school be the best when it has only one or two pre-medicine course,and a new medicine degree. These are not even recognized locally as good programs. Unthinkable! Here is another one for the record: UST could even be better than this school in this subject or field. You must be kidding. Better wake up before you lead to self-destruct. You will be sorry yourself for no one will believe your ranking! For the Philippines, university ranking does not match reality. For example, one school with only Management Engineering (not even a real Engineering course), Electronics & Communications Engineering, and Computer Science is the country’s best in Engineering and IT! How could that be. Silly! Then in Arts & Humanities, that same school is also best when it does not even offer courses in the Arts. Also, in life sciences and biomedicine, how could that school be the best when it has only one or two pre-medicine course,and a new medicine degree. These are not even recognized locally as good programs. Unthinkable! Here is another one for the record: UST could even be better than this school in this subject or field. You must be kidding. Better wake up before you lead to self-destruct. You will be sorry yourself for no one will believe your ranking!

]]> By: THE-QS World University Rankings 2009: Year 6 of market making « GlobalHigherEd http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/qs-com-asian-university-rankings-niches-within-niches-within/#comment-3208 THE-QS World University Rankings 2009: Year 6 of market making « GlobalHigherEd Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:06:04 +0000 http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-3208 [...] their partnership with QS Quacquarelli Symonds is leading to new regional rankings; a clear form of market-making.  Of course there are some useful insights generated by rankings, but the rankings attention is [...] [...] their partnership with QS Quacquarelli Symonds is leading to new regional rankings; a clear form of market-making.  Of course there are some useful insights generated by rankings, but the rankings attention is [...]

]]> By: Taufan Maulamin http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/qs-com-asian-university-rankings-niches-within-niches-within/#comment-3164 Taufan Maulamin Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:33:09 +0000 http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-3164 I think all of ranks as shown us before, didn't have a common Research Methodology and Transparency Criteria...so no need to apologize at all. I think all of ranks as shown us before, didn’t have a common Research Methodology and Transparency Criteria…so no need to apologize at all.

]]> By: andrivistamedina http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/qs-com-asian-university-rankings-niches-within-niches-within/#comment-3151 andrivistamedina Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:00:18 +0000 http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-3151 Bad Rankings. These rankings to me are the result of computer calculations and not actual reality. Sorry but when ranking Universities, I think human beings need to be part of the equation. For example Soka University of Japan did not make the list but it is one of the most international schools in Japan, Queen's College of Indonesia, AVM Hong Kong it has one of the best student to teacher ratios of any school etc. I think this list needs some human revision. Bad Rankings.

These rankings to me are the result of computer calculations and not actual reality. Sorry but when ranking Universities, I think human beings need to be part of the equation. For example Soka University of Japan did not make the list but it is one of the most international schools in Japan, Queen’s College of Indonesia, AVM Hong Kong it has one of the best student to teacher ratios of any school etc. I think this list needs some human revision.

]]> By: Peter Chapman http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/qs-com-asian-university-rankings-niches-within-niches-within/#comment-2904 Peter Chapman Thu, 14 May 2009 16:28:41 +0000 http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-2904 But only 4 British universities, but 13 American universities, ranked among the first 20th world-class university according to the 2008 THE-QS ranking. I am not sure how regional sentiments (as aruged by Professor Susan Robertson) will be invoked when comparisons among Asian universities are more explicitly made. But only 4 British universities, but 13 American universities, ranked among the first 20th world-class university according to the 2008 THE-QS ranking.

I am not sure how regional sentiments (as aruged by Professor Susan Robertson) will be invoked when comparisons among Asian universities are more explicitly made.

]]> By: Jakarta http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/qs-com-asian-university-rankings-niches-within-niches-within/#comment-2899 Jakarta Wed, 13 May 2009 14:33:35 +0000 http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-2899 SE & S Asia are the main source of foreign students worldwide so it is logic that the first THE-QS "regional" ranking is devoted to "Asia". But, nobody is concerned about a British company publishing again a brit-biased ranking?. Are really HK (ex-Brit colony) the best univ's of the region?. Other World Rankings (ARWU, Leiden, Webometrics) show a different scenario. SE & S Asia are the main source of foreign students worldwide so it is logic that the first THE-QS “regional” ranking is devoted to “Asia”. But, nobody is concerned about a British company publishing again a brit-biased ranking?. Are really HK (ex-Brit colony) the best univ’s of the region?. Other World Rankings (ARWU, Leiden, Webometrics) show a different scenario.

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