This u.S news is really not worry-free, I thought that the AI oolong incident in 2024 was outrageous enough, but it was recently rejected againCCTV roll callThe phenomenon of ranking "fees".
Parents look at me and drop a good girl! The world university rankings are full of money! Which list should my child believe?
On January 24, CCTV reported a news:U.S. media** U.S. university "fees" chaos.
where uAs a very well-known ranking list, S News is the key object of "kryptonite" in many American universities.
u.s.news "badge" events
According to the foreign media "New York Times", uS News has been selling so-called rankings since 2010"Coat of arms"., obtained"Coat of arms".You can get the ranking certification.
For example:University of Maine AugustaLast year, it cost 15,225 US dollars (equivalent to about 110,000 yuan) to buy it"Coat of arms".The right to marketing is used to commemorate three honors:
VeteransBachelor's degreeRanked 61st.
Business inLine bachelor's degreeThe course is ranked 79th.
**Bachelor's degree in businessRanked 104th in the course ranking.
What is the purpose of this university buying this ranking?
Because the college serves as the University of MaineContinuing Education DivisionFounded in 1965, the college was approved as a campus of the University of Maine in 1967 and beganDay and evening classes are available.
As a regional state university, the University of Maine at Augusta offers bachelor's degrees and selective associate degrees to meet the educational, economic, and cultural needs of Maine.
The university offers a bachelor's degree in information and library science nationwide.
So this university bought three ** bachelor's degrees in education"Coat of arms"., not surprisingly.
The principal of this school said in an interview that it was waiting for the Us.news, if you receive the email, it means that the school's ** program can once again be ranked as the best in the United States.
Mr. Henry, who is in charge of admissions promotion at the school, said he was concerned that if the school did not use "badges" to move up the rankings, prospective students would perceive the school as of lower quality.
Except for the University of Maine Augusta Branch,University of Nebraska at CorneyCastle Military Academy, South CarolinaUniversity of AlabamaAll of them have spent money on U.S. News & World Report's college rankings in various ways.
According to reports, in 2010, U.S. News & World Report began to authorize its ranking "badge", and obtaining the "badge" is to get the ranking certification.
The ** offers more than 130 categories of "badges" for graduate and doctoral programs and 85 different categories of "badges" for undergraduate programs.
According to the New York Times, Wall Street and its partners also licensed the university's awards.
u.Is s news still reliable?
Some parents may ask, so since CCTV has reported it, can we still believe his ranking.
In this regard, us news response:
Publishers from those wishing to share uUniversities ranked by S News made millions of dollars there. ”
Our business didn't have any impact on the rankings! ”
These rankings help students and parents find a clear direction in the crowded and chaotic college market, making it easier for high-quality schools to stand out. ”
All in all, it roughly means uS News acknowledged some of the deals that had no impact on the rankings.
u.s.In addition to being questioned by American universities, there are also British students who complain about its problematic ranking every year.
In October last year, it even got the ranking data wrong, and after releasing the national university rankings, it urgently corrected the rankings of 213 of them.
All sorts of events happened one after another, us.The official website of news has stated"I'm not going to publish the World University Rankings 2024".and recommend users to browse QS, THE, and ARWU rankings.
u.The future of S news
Caused by uIn the past year, major well-known schools in the United States, such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Pennsylvania and MIT, have announced their withdrawal from Us news ranking.
One of the columbasias has been US news rankings forced to have to stabilize their rankings through data fraud, of course, data fraud is also a scandal at Columbia, but in June last year, Columbia officially announced the end of the relationship with US News's cooperation will no longer provide any data, nor will it participate in any follow-up rankings, which can be regarded as a "cutting the seat" behavior after Columbia learned from the pain.
According to Wall Street**, 2023 uS News Rankings Medium20% (40) of law schools announced the termination of their relationship with Us news
Among them, the president of Yale Law School said that it was not possible to believe that universities were collectively paying to distort what teachers taught in the classroom. And she also believes that schools should use excess funds to help students in need, rather than spending on buying "badges".
If you want to engage in scientific research and care about the quality of teaching, you can refer to the comprehensive ranking of the two;
If you delve into academics, it would be more appropriate to refer to the ARWU rankings.
If you are concerned about returning to China for employment and want to work directly after graduation, then QS ranking 11 is a good choice.
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