This presentation explores the higher education ranking systems in India, Britain and the United States. By Sasha Harrison

1. India, Britain, and the United States: A
Comparative Analysis of University
Ranking Systems
By Sasha Harrison
I explore the differences between University ranking systems in three
different areas of the world and analyze these findings against the trend of
globalization.

2. Review
My goal is to catalyze further critical analysis on
how to solve contemporary issues of educational
elitism at the forefront of Higher Education today.
I examine the ranking systems in India, Britain and
the United States in order to compare the different
methodologies involved in this system.

3. India: University Education Rankings
The top 10 Universities in India
1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT)
2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
1. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
3. University of Delhi
4. Anna University
5. Amity University
6. University of Mumbai
7. Manipal University
8. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
9. (University Web Rankings: Top
Colleges and Universities in India,
2011)

4. Britain: University Education
Rankings
The top universities in 2011 for Britain are as
follows:
1. Cambridge
2. Oxford
3. Imperial College London
4. London School of Economics
5. Durham
6. St Andrews
7. University College London
8. Warwick
9. Lancaster
10.Bath (The Complete University Guide, 2011)

5. United States: University Education
Rankings
Listed below are the top 10 University ranks for
2011 for the U.S.:
1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Yale
4. Columbia
5. California Institute of Technology
6. Massachusettes Institute of Technology
7. Stanford
8. University of Chicago
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. Duke University (U.S. News and World
Report: National Rankings, 2011)

6. Problems
Higher Education - today such as
inequality of Education, elitism, brain
gain and brain drain as well as capitalism.

7. Proposed Solutions
Need to define parameters of
contemporary values of citizenship,
include social justice and bilingual
education in curriculums globally and
teach empathy and human rights for all.