The results of six different ranking systems suggest that America’s traditional leadership among the world’s universities has ...

Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling ...

Years of heavy investment in China and growing funding pressure in the US are changing who leads global academic research.

Chinese universities have recorded a significant rise in the 2026 global university rankings, strengthening the country’s ...

College ranking systems are increasingly using measures of access, ROI and social contributions to assess educational quality. They're yielding some surprising results. The Washington Monthly magazine ...

Gunrock, the UC Davis mascot, jumps for joy on the campus, ranked No. 10 among public universities in the nation in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 on Oct. 8. (Gregory ...

In the global university rankings evaluating research capabilities, Harvard University in the U.S. dropped from 1st to 3rd place, while Zhejiang University in China claimed the top position. According ...

Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working. And governments ...

A Seattle-based university is one of the top 50 in the country, according to a new national ranking — and the school even moved up on the list compared to the previous year. The University of ...