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The Hierophant · Joined: 13 Sep 2005

381st in the world! Otago University, New Zealand. I'm surprised we ranked at all Wink

jindodog · Joined: 31 May 2007 Location: not seoul

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

This lil son of a bitch needs more votes!

canuckistan · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject:

#63 world (McGill)

JustJohn · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen

Kenny Kimchee · Joined: 12 May 2003

jindodog · Joined: 31 May 2007 Location: not seoul

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

Harvard Univ
number 1 baby!!!

thats what I tell my students anyway! hahahahaha

Students: 친짜!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????????
me... 네.. 친짜....

Students: ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Laughing

stevemcgarrett · Joined: 24 Mar 2006

One of the most disingenuous annual surveys--and the most widely read in the U.S.--is by U.S. News and World Report.

Almost every year the top 10 spots change--of course this has nothing to do with selling more magazines by stroking different egos.

A dependable survey would need to draw a distinction between the quality of undergraduate and graduate education.

While I didn't attend one, the prestigious small liberal arts colleges like Wesleyan, Carleton, Rice, Amherst, etc. usually get short shrift in world surveys but arguably provide some of the finest undergraduate education because of their focus on teaching rather than research.

And therein lies another distinction that isn't usually made.

In the humanities at least, the best Asian university doesn't even break the top 50 in my book.

Interestingly enough, KAIST in Daejeon is sometimes listed as the best university in Korea despite what the "SKY" people insist is the case.

And what good is a Nobel laureate if he or she doesn't do much teaching of any kind? Yes, research is important but so is imparting one's expertise instead of relying on TA's, many of whom aren't even fluent in English. I'd be curious to see a list of schools that require their stellar faculty to teach undergraduate courses, if only the honors sections. That would speak volumes.

faster · Joined: 03 Sep 2006

karma police · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:57 am Post subject:

mistermasan · Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

#102-150. Hawaii. Way too high.

agentX · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Location: Jeolla province

If this was a list of party schools, my uni would be ranked in the top 10.
We had a class schedule DESIGNED for partying.
You could go to class Mon-Tues-Wed, then be free until next week. That's 5 nights of drinking from Wed-to-Sun.
In fact I think my uni was the reason why some schools are now requiring professors to schedule exams on Friday.

Mary-Jane · Joined: 22 Mar 2006

Any other Oxford punters out here?

whatever · Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.

Let's just put it out there:

Generally...

Korean universities are crap.
Korean universities let failures pass.
Korean universities tolerate bribes.
Korean universities lack ethics.
Korean universities aren't shit overseas.
Korean universities can't compete.
Korean universities love plagiarism.
Korean universities make false claims.
Korean universities have hot girls.

Sheeeeeit...Even the best one they've got doesn't rate the fifty best in the world. Sounds kind of like their football team.