Brown's ranking

[arwarw]

The rankings linked are interesting. The criteria is based 1/3 on teaching and learning environment, where I would have thought Brown would perform well, but Brown was scored poorly - 55.5/100.

The learning environment criteria is partially explained here:

We believe that institutions with a high density of research students are more knowledge-intensive and that the presence of an active postgraduate community is a marker of a research-led teaching environment valued by undergraduates and postgraduates alike.

As well as giving a sense of how committed an institution is to nurturing the next generation of academics, a high proportion of postgraduate research students also suggests the provision of teaching at the highest level that is thus attractive to graduates and effective at developing them.

So for comparison UCLA, a large public university, scored 82/100 for learning environment and
Dartmouth, an undegraduate-focused private College scored a paltry 38/100.

What kept Brown even in the mix, was their “Research Influence”

According to the ranking organization:

Citations: Research influence (30%)
Our research influence indicator is the flagship. Weighted at 30 per cent of the overall score, it is the single most influential of the 13 indicators, and looks at the role of universities in spreading new knowledge and ideas.

We examine research influence by capturing the number of times a university’s published work is cited by scholars globally.

Brown scored a 92/100 in this category.