ABC News recently reported that the United States ranked 15 out of 29 industrialized countries in terms of university degrees. Although these relationships can tell when it comes to educational opportunities in some parts of the world, almost did not take into account the broader picture.
On paper, ranking 15 out of 29 seems low, if not evil. After all, the United States is officially classified in 50th percentile in the lower right? However, in the case of this report, the information is not sufficiently taken into account so that this classification can be easily manipulated. For example, in the report, Switzerland is a country that ranks with the United States, the granting of 26 degrees for every 100 students enrolled. Comparatively, the United States granted only 18 degrees.
Switzerland is also a country with a population of about 7.5 million people according to the CIA World Factbook. In contrast, the United States has a population of over 300 million euros. As such, to accommodate this population, there is a greater amount of universities and colleges to consider and, if on average only 18 degrees may be awarded to 100 students, this does not mean that rings true average of all universities United States.
Even smaller countries contain a great diversity, in which a person may not be able to fully assess whether they have lived a life in this country. When the numbers as they are applied to them, not exactly account for the differences between the larger population of a country, not to mention the quality more minutes. For example, in U. S. News & World Report ranking of national universities for 2009, Massachusetts has two of the four schools ranked high in the nation. Since the retention is among the criteria considered for these rankings may be reasonable to conclude that the state of Massachusetts in May granted a greater number of degrees of South Carolina, which contains no classified in the top 60 universities.
Yet everything is still America. According to information provided by ABC News, were grouped together if they are successful or overperforming. Therefore, it seems only that Switzerland is better able to provide a degree from an American university, even if this university is in a state that performs exceptionally well in education.
If anything, these college rankings are representative of how the numbers can be easily manipulated. Although the information collected by the U. S. News & World Report is subject to error. For example, although the information reported by ABC News does not take sufficient account of the U. S. News & World Report is trying to cover too much in their various colleges and the rankings.
While fixing the criteria for the top universities can be difficult, those selected by the U. S. News & World Report for their national rankings of universities seem quite reasonable. In addition to the retention rate, other factors include peer review, resources for teachers and financial resources, among others.
Although the simple selection and compilation of this information can be difficult enough, without running into some problems may be more difficult to decide which areas should give them more or less. For example, a university may have excellent faculty and resources and insufficient financial resources and can be classified under a university that has a more balanced mixture of each. This classification could easily be discredited if the first was deliberately over-use their financial resources to attract new teachers to the faculty resources to ensure sustainability.
The opportunity to consider carefully whether at national level, which makes international comparisons is difficult. Why international rankings are more variables to consider. An example is the individual relationship between governments and their universities. For example, the ranking of universities internationally in May to assess the two universities in different countries, which are roughly the same financial resources. However, if the federal government of a country has no monetary resources for all universities and others, this may affect the amount of real resources of each university. Because the world is growing ever more complicated due to the expansion of populations, the emergence of new technologies and higher standards, it is encouraging to find comfort in cold, hard numbers. However, in considering these figures, the defects are found. With this in mind, while the rankings may be interesting, it is increasingly difficult to find the truth than telling a lie simple.
On paper, ranking 15 out of 29 seems low, if not evil. After all, the United States is officially classified in 50th percentile in the lower right? However, in the case of this report, the information is not sufficiently taken into account so that this classification can be easily manipulated. For example, in the report, Switzerland is a country that ranks with the United States, the granting of 26 degrees for every 100 students enrolled. Comparatively, the United States granted only 18 degrees.
Switzerland is also a country with a population of about 7.5 million people according to the CIA World Factbook. In contrast, the United States has a population of over 300 million euros. As such, to accommodate this population, there is a greater amount of universities and colleges to consider and, if on average only 18 degrees may be awarded to 100 students, this does not mean that rings true average of all universities United States.
Even smaller countries contain a great diversity, in which a person may not be able to fully assess whether they have lived a life in this country. When the numbers as they are applied to them, not exactly account for the differences between the larger population of a country, not to mention the quality more minutes. For example, in U. S. News & World Report ranking of national universities for 2009, Massachusetts has two of the four schools ranked high in the nation. Since the retention is among the criteria considered for these rankings may be reasonable to conclude that the state of Massachusetts in May granted a greater number of degrees of South Carolina, which contains no classified in the top 60 universities.
Yet everything is still America. According to information provided by ABC News, were grouped together if they are successful or overperforming. Therefore, it seems only that Switzerland is better able to provide a degree from an American university, even if this university is in a state that performs exceptionally well in education.
If anything, these college rankings are representative of how the numbers can be easily manipulated. Although the information collected by the U. S. News & World Report is subject to error. For example, although the information reported by ABC News does not take sufficient account of the U. S. News & World Report is trying to cover too much in their various colleges and the rankings.
While fixing the criteria for the top universities can be difficult, those selected by the U. S. News & World Report for their national rankings of universities seem quite reasonable. In addition to the retention rate, other factors include peer review, resources for teachers and financial resources, among others.
Although the simple selection and compilation of this information can be difficult enough, without running into some problems may be more difficult to decide which areas should give them more or less. For example, a university may have excellent faculty and resources and insufficient financial resources and can be classified under a university that has a more balanced mixture of each. This classification could easily be discredited if the first was deliberately over-use their financial resources to attract new teachers to the faculty resources to ensure sustainability.
The opportunity to consider carefully whether at national level, which makes international comparisons is difficult. Why international rankings are more variables to consider. An example is the individual relationship between governments and their universities. For example, the ranking of universities internationally in May to assess the two universities in different countries, which are roughly the same financial resources. However, if the federal government of a country has no monetary resources for all universities and others, this may affect the amount of real resources of each university. Because the world is growing ever more complicated due to the expansion of populations, the emergence of new technologies and higher standards, it is encouraging to find comfort in cold, hard numbers. However, in considering these figures, the defects are found. With this in mind, while the rankings may be interesting, it is increasingly difficult to find the truth than telling a lie simple.
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