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Stephen Downes

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As I have said in the past, "rankings are actually lobbying devices - organizations rank universities based on their priorities, and universities line up (for some unknown reason) to do their bidding." Here's some evidence. "Two studies published over the last few months have discovered 'statistically significant' correlations between the use of services offered by rankings companies and an institutions' subsequent performance in their rankings." Nobody should be surprised.

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