EUROPE: EUA PRESIDENT PROMISES REVIEW OF RANKING SYSTEMS
February 1st, 2010
BY DAVID HAWORTH
University rankings can sometimes be confusing, and should not be the basis of devising policy, said Jean-Marc Rapp, (NOTE - SPELLING IS CORRECT) European University Association (EUA) president, at the EUA's spring meeting in Brussels at the end of January, "because universities are confronted with rankings every day."
Rankings are therefore volatile and fluid, he added, promising to have an annual review of rankings as a service for the association's 850 members. Speaking to University World News in Brussels, he says he hopes this ...
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