Because this list will be the topic of discussion, let me explain once again how these rankings function: a particular interest determines the policy change they would like to see, they release a high profile ranking based on that policy preference, and then institutions adopt the policy in order to rank higher on the list. These rankings should not be taken seriously. A different ranking (with parameters like, say, low tuition, openness, accessibility, good for society) would produce a completely different list. Academica lists the media stampede to uncritically propagate the THE's self-interested rankings: Times Higher Education, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Maclean's On Campus, THE World University Rankings 2012-13.
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