It is widely believed that the American higher education system is the best in the world. While this may be true, it is important to understand what is this really means. Times Higher Education publishes a list of the top 200 universities and, indeed, the 2009 rankings show 11 of the top 15 schools to be American. But, how is it that these schools are ranked? The rankings are derived from weighted data which takes into account the following:
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