The Times Higher Education rankings have been released today, and we’re very excited to see a client of ours, University of Cambridge, has moved up to the #2 ranking globally.

Harvard maintains its #1 ranking and Yale comes in at #3.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/Rankings2009-Top200.html

It’s interesting whether we’re involved in college life any more or not, many people take a point of pride in how their college fares in rankings such as these. The Times rankings, the Business Week Rankings, and even local country specific rankings such as those of Maclean’s in Canada, all are interesting measurements in how one school “stacks up” versus others.

Pride in one’s school is still generally important, and a high ranking aids to the prestige that is so critical in a large, competitive “industry” such as education.

Rather than quibble about where you school ranks, I’m curious if you believe such rankings are important and offer value. Did you or your children use lists like this to help decide which school to attend? Let us know what you think.

Please feel free to join our upcoming free, live webinar:

Social Networking Around the Classroom
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
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We are going to cover a lot of ground in the webinar, but if you would like to discuss your unique eLearning needs, feel free to contact me at patrick.batty@interactyx.com.

Patrick Batty
Vice President, Academic Solutions
Interactyx Limited

patrick.batty@interactyx.com
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