This website of the European Union provides rankings of the world's universities. The rankings seem to be objective, in that they are based on quantitative indicators. Those indicators stress knowledge creation rather than teaching or public service. Thirty five of the top 50 are in the United States, ten of them in California.
EUROPA - Research - Headlines - Chinese study ranks world’s top 500 universities
An article in the current Economist magazine, "Who pays to study?" (I think you need a subscription to view this online) notes that the United States devotes a larger portion of GDP to higher education than countries in Europe and Asia, and given that its per capita GDP is among the highest in the world, U.S. spending per capita on higher education is very high. That buys universities with strong knowledge creation capabilities.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
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