2010 ARWU College Ranking

TheSaiyans666
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 03:43:39 +0000

Full of censorship. Wrong wrong wrong. You allow that idiotic Forbes ranking discussion and not the most respected ranking in the world for universities. Ridiculous. Nowhere does it claim to be a graduate ranking. The difference between grad and undergrad programs in universities having both is semantic. The same prods teach both and often the same class can be both an undergrad and grad listed class.



This isn’t the most respected. Generally, the USNEWS rankings are considered most respected. Plenty of international people look at USNWR to make decisions/apply to universities.
Secondly, I really do believe in a difference between graduate and undergraduate programs. Faculty is very different, and not all undergrad faculty are privileged to teach in graduate schools. Many researchers who come to universities for the sole sake of research (Nobel Prize)are interested in sharing their knowledge (if they are) to graduate/advanced students.
I’ve seen this kind of thing occurring at both Duke and MIT very frequently. The depth of knowledge required to understand and actually perform ground-breaking research is beyond the scope of the normal undergrad at, say, MIT. Researchers and faculty know that. Few very talented undergrads partake research with success, but mostly, graduate students get the privilege and exposure to MIT’s core research. I would apply the same to Duke.

Its very true.