When all rankings do is rankle
FORMER United Nations secretarygeneral Kofi Annan remarked recently in Kenya that 95 per cent of new science is created in countries where onefifth of the world's population lives. This being the case what is the real meaning of world ranking of universities? Perhaps that is why so many gl...
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| Summary: | FORMER United Nations secretarygeneral
Kofi Annan remarked recently in Kenya that 95 per cent of new
science is created in countries where onefifth
of the world's population lives. This being the case what is the
real meaning of world ranking of universities?
Perhaps that is why so many global goals and agendas do not go beyond lip service.
These range from global warming and climate change (the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012) to the UN
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the UNESCOled
Education for All! initiative (both of which will end
in 2015). |
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