QS Arab Rankings Measure Regional Excellence
Over the last few years, the number of regional rankings has increased as it has become apparent that the better-known global rankings are not always appropriate for institutions in many parts of the world, especially in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Consequently, some ranking agencies have started to produce regional rankings QS Quacquarelli Symonds have […]
THE World Rankings Results Announced
Times Higher Education (THE) has released the results of their latest World University Rankings. It looks as though this will be the last ranking under the methodology that has been used since 2010, and next year’s may look rather different. The overall first place goes to Oxford, followed by followed by Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford, and […]
IREG under the German magnifying glass
A team of researchers from the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany led by Dr. Jelena Brankovic published a paper “Spreading the Gospel – Legitimating university rankings as boundary work”. The paper analysis in detail the activities and position of IREG Observatory on the international higher education landscape.
AD Scientific Index Lists Leading Scientists and Universities
The AD Scientific Index is published by Murat Alper and Cihan Doger of the University of Health Sciences, Ankara. It is a ranking system based on Google Scholar h-index scores. There are various tables for countries, scientists, and universities, including research institutes, based on the h-index while additional indicator ranks are available for universities. The […]
CoinDesk Announces University Blockchain Ranking
CoinDesk, the digital currency news site, has published the third edition of its ranking of universities with the greatest impact on blockchain. The list of fifty universities is based on a shortlist of all universities in one of the four global rankings: US News Best Global Universities, Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, QS […]
Bloomberg Best Business Schools Ranking
The world’s business schools have been through a period of rapid change following the pandemic. They have been forced to develop new tools for online learning and have nurtured a growing concern for sustainability and diversity. An article by Dimitra Kessenides in Bloomberg UK reports on the emergence of global business schools from the problems […]
South and Southeast Asia Rise in uniRank Social Media Rankings
uniRank is a directory and search engine that currently includes over 14,000 recognised or accredited higher education institutions that offer mainly in person courses for undergraduate or postgraduate degrees. It is essentially a measure of web activity rather than teaching or research and provides insights into global trends. The world ranking is based on an […]
Michelle Asha Cooper moves from the Biden administration to Lumina Foundation
A friend and co-founder of IREG Observatory – Michelle Asha Cooper, Ph.D., deputy undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Education, will join Lumina Foundation on Oct. 3 as vice president for public policy and executive director of Lumina’s Washington, D.C., office. Cooper has served in the Biden administration as deputy undersecretary, acting assistant secretary for […]
THE Plans New Methodology
The Times Higher Education (THE) world rankings have been very popular with the media and administrators of the traditional elite of global academia. They have, however, received little respect from active researchers. For some time, THE has been planning for a drastic overhaul of its methodology and is talking about World University Rankings (WUR) 3.0. […]
US News Publishes 2022-23 Rankings
The US News has been in the ranking business for nearly four decades. Despite significant criticism and methodological changes “America’s Best Colleges” has been closely followed by students, parents, and other stakeholders. Publication of the 2022-23 edition was overshadowed by the demotion of Columbia University from second place to eighteenth following accusations that it had […]