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China is gradually becoming an educational superpower. There has been a dramatic rise in rankings of Chinese universities and they are in competition with Anglo-Western Universities.
How many foreign students and teachers do these univerity have?
US, UK, Australia and NZ are English-speaking countries, which is the world lingua franca and may be more attractive for the best student and teachers worldwide. This may explain the so high quality of the universities in these countries.
For one, I doubt many universities outside America and the top British colleges are as money-focused (look at tuition fees) and able to put as much money into facilities and salaries as those. That stuff tends to have a lot of effect on the rankings.
Secondly, Academia is an Anglo-American circle you know what. Most journals of note are published in English, making it of course much easier for English-speaking academics at universities in the English-speaking world to publish in those. Publishing is of course a necessity in order to make a name for yourself academically. In turn, most ambitious academics from the rest of the world try to publish in English and that way land one of those high-paying jobs at elite universities in America or the UK. It's a self-reinforcing process.
For one, I doubt many universities outside America and the top British colleges are as money-focused (look at tuition fees) and able to put as much money into facilities and salaries as those. That stuff tends to have a lot of effect on the rankings.
In turn, most ambitious academics from the rest of the world try to publish in English and that way land one of those high-paying jobs at elite universities in America or the UK. It's a self-reinforcing process.
Very good answer. Indeed, the list of the top universities is equal to the list of the richest universities and it does not reflect real knowledge, it reflects a hieararchy of power instead. They are mostly in UK/US because they clearly have a pro-Anglosaxon bias. Basically, Harvard, etc. are so rich, that they can buy their reputation.... It absolutely does not mean that scientists at Harvard make better research than anywhere else. They own indirectly the journals that make people believe that they are the best.
Luckily, the rise of China is going to change that.
Zero in South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and even South Europe?
I thought a few universities in Italy and Spain are quite good.
They are very good and some are certainly better than H/Y/P/S,etc. But they are not as rich as the elite universities, therefore they cannot buy the famous scientists like Yale & etc. do and therefore they do not get any glory.
In US-America the Top 10 universities own significantly more than the american Bottom low 1000 higher education institutions.... So, neoliberalism is equating "top" with "rich& hence influential".
However, a topic like this is also bad, problematic and counterproductive because it spreads the idea that the top unis are "the best". - They are not.
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