<p>I sometimes think presigious of a university isn’t always what to consider, as you shoudl with world class universities. What do you consider a world class university ( examples)? What is your opinion of considering a prestigious university and a world class university?</p>
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<p>I’m still interested in knowing more about a world class university ( already inform about world class city etc…). I sometimes think many/ most world class universities may fall behind in national ranking due to efforts/ being a world class university. </p>
<p>Few universities that many may consider a world class university:
University of California- Los Angeles
New York University
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Michigan State University
Standford University</p>
<p>One criterion of world class is being classy. Behavior like gaming the ranking systems is not classy, and universities that do that are insecure, and rightly so. I shall refrain from naming names, but you know who the notorious ones are.</p>
<p>If you are truly good, you don’t need to manipulate to get ahead. Be patient, and your time will come.</p>
Well respected by academia (internationally of course).
Has a large impact on research.
Well respected by the general public.</p>
<p>Some examples: Many of the major research oriented universities (Michigan, UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford, Texas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, UNC, Florida, Ohio State, etc). And of course, most of the prestigious schools also fit into this category because of their well known educational quality.</p>
<p>^Why is a large contribution to research necessary? Would a school that consistently produces top businessmen, politicians, etc. but doesn’t contribute to scientific research then not be a world-class university, although their alumni are making globally influential decisions?</p>
<p>Sorry. That was a quick listing of a few of the criteria that I would consider important. A world class university does not necessarily have to contribute by means of research, but I’m just saying that it’s a common trait among world class universities. Certainly, a school of the type that you have mentioned would fit the definition of a world-class university.</p>
<p>I know, I wasn’t very straight forward or clear haha. I just wanted to list a few of the major criteria and/or traits because no one else had up to this point.</p>
<p>Gaming the rankings because they’re insecure? You must be joking. Schools “game” the rankings to bring in a better class of students, to get more name recognition, to make more money, simple as that. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, as all schools want to improve, but the schools that engage in this the most are looked down upon why? Because they stick their necks out farther than everyone else?</p>
<p>I’d say one that’s very well-known internationally, with a very strong reputation in research, but that does not necessarily provide the best undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Harvard is probably on the top of everyone’s list as the world class university. Is Harvard good? With 41% of job-seeking graduates do not have any job offers upon graduation this year, I certainly will trash the common perception about what the world class university is.</p>
<p>Well to be fair to the Harvard students I know some people who graduated from such universities and most were too stubborn to apply to “normal” jobs that people from State U applied to. I’m not saying I regard Harvard as the best thing since sliced bread because as an engineer I don’t, but Harvard kids apply to some fairly special jobs oftentimes.</p>
<p>Two years ago, the rate was about 25%, last year, 33%, and this year, 41%. Unless they had different classes in the past two years, those job-seeking graduates should have be seeking the same types of jobs. Well, you can say we have a bad economic situation right now, but that is also a refection of how sensitive their concentrations tied with Wall Street and other narrow selections of industries.</p>
<p>Once they put every undergraduate on their payroll, they can see the employment rate will approach to zero.</p>
<p>If the American university is considered the pinnacle of higher education throughout the world and ppl from Asia, Middle East, and Europe flock here by the thousands to study in the US…</p>
<p>All the top US universities are world class… plus a few from UK, one or two from Australia, Canada, and Japan.</p>
<p>If anything, world class universities should have a physical program presence in some continent outside the US.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins with campus locations in Nanjing (China), Bologna (Italy), and Singapore.</p>
<p>Wharton has a Philadelphia/San Francisco campus as well as an international “alliance” with INSEAD in Singapore and Fountainbleu, France…</p>