https://www.scmp.com/rss/329512/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Good governance in Singapore risks being undermined by a higher education system that is skewed toward hiring academics unwilling or unable to engage with important public policy research. One reason for this is the pursuit of rankings. The key metric that most rankings utilise is a so-called citation count – a tally of research associated with any given university that has been published in select international peer-reviewed journals. Hong Kong universities slip in law, business and economics... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2178967/how-singapores-obsession-university-rankings-only-serves-hurt-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2178967/how-singapores-obsession-university-rankings-only-serves-hurt-it?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Dec 2018 04:30:30 +0000 Singapore’s publicly funded National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have rapidly ascended the world university rankings. According to international journals, the two now rank among the best in Asia, and are in the top 20 to 50 in the world. This has been achieved in part by the aggressive hiring of international faculty members with the desired publication credentials, part of an increasingly intense global arms race for scarce research talent. But... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2175473/singapores-us200k-starter-salaries-why-education-pays-price?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2175473/singapores-us200k-starter-salaries-why-education-pays-price?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:00:15 +0000