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Sunday, October 30, 2005
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Brownout Just a couple of comments about a couple of lists, one from the Sunday Times of London, and the other from Japan, of the world’s best universities: 1.) What's the deal at Brown? Brown University makes a remarkably poor showing on both lists -#61 on the British list (much lower than the rest of the Ivy League, except for Dartmouth), and #82 on the list from Japan, with the rest of the Ivies, except Dartmouth, similarly situated. (UD has already blogged about Brown’s decline in domestic rankings.) The Brown student newspaper has taken notice of the #61 rank and written about it. 2.) With the exception of Bologna University, staggering in at #186 out of 200, there is no Italian representation on the British list. Rome University is 93rd out of a hundred on the Japanese list. The Italian university system remains a national embarrassment, with violent student protests against any reorganization of higher education raging even as I blog. ---------------- Correction: Kyle points out that I missed La Sapienza, ranked #162. |