tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post113072277004961709..comments2024-03-21T20:10:28.943+08:00Comments on EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA: UM should never have been in the Top 100 in the first placeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1130773094653897172005-10-31T23:38:00.000+08:002005-10-31T23:38:00.000+08:00Could any one talk about the methodology use in th...Could any one talk about the methodology use in this and any other ranking excercise on this site, what are their implications?<BR/><BR/>Also there are so many good European Universities--with top brains--does the methodology applied accentuate an anglo-saxon bias?<BR/><BR/>-- Old ManAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1130760364333306852005-10-31T20:06:00.000+08:002005-10-31T20:06:00.000+08:00It's amazing how the UM authorities can put up sel...It's amazing how the UM authorities can put up self-glorifying banners and blow their trumpets without even looking at the possible miscalculations in 2004, and in 2005 label the ranking criteria "inconsistent" and "irrelevant" (quoting YB Fu Ah Kiow). Stop living in denial and do something about it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1130759803693178712005-10-31T19:56:00.000+08:002005-10-31T19:56:00.000+08:00Even if they fall out of the top 200 list, these s...Even if they fall out of the top 200 list, these shameless people would simply change their tune and say that they are still better than some obscure university in Timbuktu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1130740469860489732005-10-31T14:34:00.000+08:002005-10-31T14:34:00.000+08:00One thing we can all learn from this whole episode...One thing we can all learn from this whole episode is diversification in a university is very important for various reasons.<BR/><BR/>They should be diversification in all aspects from academia, students representation, faculty members, foreign representation etc.<BR/><BR/>For this reason alone, UiTM and UTAR must diversify its student base actively. Time for a diversification scholarship and admissions criteria!clkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700265260371403083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12123329.post-1130732021477209622005-10-31T12:13:00.000+08:002005-10-31T12:13:00.000+08:00169th is already considered too high a place for U...169th is already considered too high a place for UM... really...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com