Open AccessRankings of Canadian Universities: Pitfalls in Interpretation
Author(s) -
Stewart Page
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
canadian journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2293-6602
pISSN - 0316-1218
DOI - 10.47678/cjhe.v25i2.183213
Subject(s) - ranking (information retrieval) , accountability , rank (graph theory) , interpretation (philosophy) , perspective (graphical) , higher education , sociology , political science , law , computer science , mathematics , information retrieval , combinatorics , artificial intelligence , programming language
A critical perspective is presented in regard to rankings of Canadian universi- ties by Maclean's magazine, November 11, 1993. Some brief comparisons are also made in regard to the 1992 rankings and data. Several pitfalls in the rank- ing procedures, and the results of some correlational analyses of the ranking data, are outlined. A brief summary of comments and some implications are presented, bearing on the wider issue of 'public' university accountability and also on the practical issue of students' choice of universities.