New ranking of 48 national HE systems, same results

By Geoff Maslen. For the second year running, the network of 24 research-intensive universities called Universitas 21 has published a report on global rankings of national higher education systems rather than their universities.
A release accompanying the report claims that it is the first ranking of countries and territories that are best at providing higher education. In fact it is the second and the summary of its findings is virtually the same as last year as can be seen in University World News’ 2012 story. This includes the finding that the top 10 countries in rank order are the United States, Sweden, Canada, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Read more...