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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The world rankings are more logical and respected globally.[/quote]

This is simply not true. The global rankings are even more nonsensical, and one of them, QS, is notorious for its British bias.[/quote]
The global rankings do a good job of what they are for: ranking reputations of universities globally.

No one thinks that Vanderbilt or Duke are more reputed institutions than UC Berkeley, but the undergraduate rankings incorrectly ranks it as such.

The National Universities ranking is a misnomer. It should obviously be renamed to indicate it ranks based on undergraduate studies specifically. [/quote]

+1. While rankings like QS are survey-heavy and biased in favor of UK universities, US News Global, ARWU, and CWUR are research-based and is a very accurate measure of 1. how much a school is contributing towards academic progress and 2. the overall global reputation within academia (of course not laymen prestige).

Most of the other countries construct school prestige out of these factors, and it’s really only the US that ignorantly thinks that laymen undergrad prestige is the only thing out there. No idea why.[/quote]

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