What Scala?

[Georg Wrede]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Georg Wrede" <georg.wrede at iki.fi> wrote in message 
> news:gr3f91$92a$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> But I agree, higher education in the US is the top, no question.
> 
> If that's the case it just goes to show how terrible "education" is 
> worldwide. 

There may also be a few perspective illusions involved. I think most 
people all over the world would agree that universities like Stanford, 
MIT, Harvard, etc. are absolutely among the best in the world. (Of 
course, in many countries there are a couple of excellent universities, 
too. But the point is, there are quite a number of them in the US.)

Most universities fall in the middle category, in the majority of countries.

But, there are also a huge number of not-so-good universities in the US, 
while most of the universities in, say, the Nordic countries fall within 
a narrow range near each other.

And, depending on what one has seen personally, of course, the views may 
vary.


It would actually be quite interesting to have some listings, like 
countries listed by the worst 10% of universities, the best 10%, the 
best average, etc. Or to see a list of universities by academic 
citations, or the same divided by turnover or student count. Or some 
metric on alumni success. (But since few of us genuinely have much 
freedom in choosing worldwide the university for our kids, it'd probably 
only depress us...)

Like, there are quite a few countries that do not have a single 
university with a Nobel laureate on the faculty.