Barbara Gills

Times Higher Education last week released its seventh annual World University Rankings. The rankings methodology was based on five categories: Teaching: 30% ResearchInfluence (citations): 32.5% Research (volume, income, and reputation): 30% Internationalization (student and staff ratios): 5% Knowledge Transfer and Innovation (industry income): 2.5% And here are the top fifty: 1. Harvard (U.S.) (96.1) 2. Cal-Tech (U.S.) (96.0) 3. MIT (U.S.) (95.6) 4. Stanford (U.S.) (94.3) 5. Princeton (U.S.) (94.2) 6. Cambridge (U.K.) (91.2) 6. Oxford (U.K.) (91.2) 8. UC-Berkeley (U.S.) (91.1) 9. Imperial College London (U.K.) (90.6) 10. Yale (U.S.) (89.5) 11. UCLA (U.S.) (87.7) 12. Chicago (U.S.) (86.9) 13. Johns Hopkins (U.S.) (86.4) 14. Cornell (U.S.) (83.9) 15. Michigan (U.S.) (83.4) 15. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland) (83.4) 17. Toronto (Canada) (83.0) 18. Columbia (U.S.) (81.0) 19. Penn (U.S.) (79.5) 20. Carnegie Mellon (U.S.) (79.3) 21. University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) (79.2) 22. University College London (U.K.) (78.4) 23. University of Washington (U.S.) (78.0) 24. Duke (U.S.) (76.5) 25. Northwestern (U.S.) (75.9) 26. University of Tokyo (Japan) (75.6) 27. Georgia Tech (U.S. ) (75.3) 28. Pohang University of Science & Technology (Korea) (75.1) 29. UC-Santa Barbara (U.S.) (75.0) 30. University of British Columbia (Canada) (73.8) 30. North Carolina (U.S.) (73.8) 32. UC-San Diego (U.S.) (73.2) 33. Illinois (U.S.) (73.0) 34. National University of Singapore (Singapore) (72.9) 35. McGill University (Canada) (71.7) 36. University of Melbourne (Australia) (71.0) 37. Peking University (China) (70.7) 38. Washington University (U.S.) (69.9) 39. Ecole Polytechnic (France) (69.5) 40. University of Edinburgh (U.K.) (69.2) 41. Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (Hong Kong) (69.0) 42. Ecole Normale Superieure (France) (68.6) 43. Australian National University (Australia) (67.0) 43. University of Gttingen (Germany) (67.0) 43. Karolinska Institute (Sweded) (67.0) 43. Wisconsin (U.S.) (67.0) 47. Rice (U.S.) (66.9) 48. cole Polytechnic Federale of Lausanne (France) (66.5) 49. University of Science & Technology of China (China) (66.0) 49. UC-Irvine (U.S.) (66.0) Note the dominance of Western and Asian countries. This shouldnt come as a surprise. The larger tragedy is that there is not a single university listed from the Middle East, Africa or South America. If you consider Turkey part of eastern Europe, which Europeans dont, then it is the single country to have a university ranked from the region. HT: Paul L. Caron Related Posts:US leads world in higher education by wide marginCollege Rankings by Median Salary of GraduatesCollege Rankings by RigorDonations to Colleges Drop in 2009Where the Fortune 50 CEOs Went to CollegeFollow Free Market Mojo on Twitter here. You can also subscribe to the blog's feed, subscribe by email, subscribe for your Kindle, or follow FMM on Facebook. To support the blog, please do your Amazon shopping via this link.

A tribute to mentors: Carl Spiegelberg, Earl Boen and Barbara Gill.

Just a few of the many artists who have recorded songs written by Dottie Rambo are Andrae Crouch, Elvis, Pat Boone, Barbara Mandrell, The Oakridge Boys, Sandi Patty, Dolly Parton, Bill and Gloria Gaither, Johnny Cash. Whitney Houston, and Vince Gill

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Film News: Festival announces lineup, which will close with 'Carmen' -- The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will kick off Jan. 27 at the Arlington Theatre with the U.S. premiere of "Sarah's Key," directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and starring Kristin Scott Thomas.

Born in the Village of Floral Park in 1922, Barbara Gill was the daughter of Redmond and Florence Joyce, and the youngest of four siblings. Gill, known to many local residents as active and compassionate, died on Jan. 19, with family by her side.

Clements flied out to cf. Wallace singled to left field. Sweet grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. UC Santa Barbara 2nd - Gill struck out swinging. Soria grounded out to 3b. Putich, B. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors ...

Assistant principal Dr. Michael Gill has been serving as interim principal since August, following former principal Joel Antolini’s departure. Superintendent Barbara Cataldo reported to the School Committee that so far, 15 resumes have been collected.

The author will read from Eating Dirt and answer questions about her life “on the cut”. Gill will be joined by fellow author Barbara Stewart, whose book, Campie tells of another isolated job, that of a camp attendant for oil rig workers.

While musical super-star surfer-guy Johnson signed the band six years ago, Gill and Johnson knew each other long before that. ”(Johnson and I) met when we were 18 when we were in the dorms at UC Santa Barbara,” Gill said. “We just sort of ...

n n n The Yolo Wayfarer Center is holding a dollhouse raffle.According to Barbara Fleck, "For the cost of one raffle ticket the imagination of a child could be brought to life while at the same time a homeless child could be placed in a safe home."

Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara. Maldonado's loans ... where Republican political novice and Lodi native Ricky Gill is challenging Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, in the San Joaquin County-centered 9th Congressional District.

Barb Strongin reported on the Christmas decorations put at ... Devotions were presented by Edythe Gill. She read an inspirational article on New Year's taken from the "Dailey Guideposts." The Preamble was read by Brenda Croom.

UVic writing alumnus Barbara Stewart will discuss her memoir Campie, a reflection on working the lowest position on an Alberta oil rig, while Vancouver author Charlotte Gill will speak to her new book Eating Dirt. Both works have been nominated ...