UW Rank Among US Public Universities
Ed. Washington citizens need a reality check. As we discuss budgets, online education and privatization, the legislature needs to understand that the value of the UW goes far beyond the need Washington shares with all others states to send our kids to college.
Not only is the UW ranked 7 amongst all American public universities, the Udub is one of only 14 public universities to make the top 50 rank! worldwide.
We do not want to become the Mississippi of the Northwest!
from The Times Higher Education Survey
The world’s top universities ranked exclusively on their reputation for teaching and research
The World Reputation Rankings, a subsidiary of the overall World University Rankings, are based on the largest global survey of academic opinion ever undertaken: more than 13,000 experienced academics from 131 countries give their expert insight.
Although 2010-11 is the seventh year that Times Higher Education has published its annual rankings, these tables represent a new level of sophistication. In light of this, the top 200 list and the six subject tables we are publishing should be considered the first of a new annual series, for we have completely overhauled the 
methodology to deliver our most rigorous, transparent and reliable rankings tables ever. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-11 were developed in concert with our new rankings data provider, Thomson Reuters, with input from more than 50 leading figures in the sector from 15 countries across every continent, and through 10 months of extensive consultation. We believe we have created the gold standard in international university performance comparisons.
We are confident that the 2010-2011 world university rankings represent the most accurate picture of global higher education we have ever produced.
Our rankings of the top universities across the globe employ 13 separate performance indicators designed to capture the full range of university activities, from teaching to research to knowledge transfer. These 13 elements are brought together into five headline categories, which are:
- Teaching — the learning environment (worth 30 per cent of the overall ranking score)
- Research — volume, income and reputation (worth 30 per cent)
- Citations — research influence (worth 32.5 per cent)
- Industry income — innovation (worth 2.5 per cent)
- International mix — staff and students (worth 5 per cent).
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