An exchange (doubtless not yet complete) with US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul on academic ratings

Michael McFaul

about an hour ago · 

• Nice to that my 2 alma maters -- Stanford and Oxford -- ranked 2 and 3 here. Need more Russian universities in this list.
  
  
  http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/world-ranking?fb_action_ids=10151076937864856&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  World University Rankings 2012-13 

  
  

  

  www.timeshighereducation.co.uk
  

  Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranks the world's top colleges, universities & institutions. THE Magazine is the leading global publication for higher education.

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    Slava Bouttchenko Need more Ukrainian universities there too!

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    John Brown Mr Ambassador, As something of a defrocked academic, I always hate it when universities are rated like football teams. Best wishes, John Brown

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    Eugene Scott Kenward How about Mongolian or Somalian?

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    Elena Demianenko You must be joking:-)

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    Michael McFaul All these systems have their flaws, agreed. But at the same time, as an academic, I still believe in competition, and these rankings help competition and provide information to students. In academia, we take the actual departments rankings most seriously.

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    Elizaveta Stepanovna Наши университеты переживают сейчас очень не простое время, но я уверена, что они ещё займут достойное место среди всех университетов в мире...See Translation

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    Elena Demianenko С чем связана ваша уверенность?

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    Igor Nekrasov Может быть когда-нибудь займут. Вопрос - когда, Елизавета Степановна?See Translation

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    Natasha Vekselman Рейтинг это существенный показатель уровня. Это бесспорно.See Translation

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    John Green Simply need. They need to publicate more and participate in conferences outside of Russian world. There also obvious issues with budget and funds grant assignment. Simply speaking,...See More

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    Igor Vahmur Сомневаюсь я, что Елизавета Степановна комментирует бесплатноSee Translation

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    Andrei Tsvetkov but UCSF got the Nobel!

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    Eugene Scott Kenward Mr Ambassador, as an academic myself I believe in science, discoveries and the like academic accomplishments, and not in ranks for the sake of ranks.

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    Mark H. Teeter Actually, Mr. Ambassador, LSJU and U of Ox are both 2nd here, with Stanford appearing ahead of the latter only b/c of an obscure ranking clause involving total football victories o...See More

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    John Brown Mr Ambassador, I believe in the pleasurable sharing of knowledge rather than Darwinian-like "information" competition. Please reread Plato's symposium. S uvazheniem, John Brown

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    Kate Svyatets USC is number 56!

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    Andrej Stroganov Займут сразу же, как только финансирование наладится...

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    Andrei Tsvetkov Kate, USC - I dont know, but UCSF got the Nobel!http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2012/10/12898/shinya-yamanaka-wins-2012-nobel-prize-medicine
    

    

    
    

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