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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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
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Language:English
Published: 2009
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description 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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spelling usm-327332017-04-03T07:51:31Z http://eprints.usm.my/32733/ When all rankings do is rankle Abd Razak, Dzulkifli L Education (General) 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). 2009-10-25 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32733/1/DZUL116.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2009) When all rankings do is rankle. New Sunday Times.
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Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
When all rankings do is rankle
title When all rankings do is rankle
title_full When all rankings do is rankle
title_fullStr When all rankings do is rankle
title_full_unstemmed When all rankings do is rankle
title_short When all rankings do is rankle
title_sort when all rankings do is rankle
topic L Education (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/32733/
http://eprints.usm.my/32733/1/DZUL116.pdf