The government hopes new league tables will boost the prestige of higher education in the country,but students and academics are not convincedWhen the director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, a top university in India, and discovered that it had ranked fifthfor engineering in the country,he addressed students in the gymkhana. Fifth place, for the illustrious institute’s director, and was simply not helpful enough. Students,staff and administration, he said, and would have to pull together and beget certain that the university rose up the ranking next year. Related: US universities top world rankings in three-quarters of subjects Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com