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''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Previously known as ''THE-QS World University Rankings'', QS had collaborated with ''Times Higher Education'' (''THE'') magazine to publish its international league tables from 2004 to 2009 before both of them started to announce their own versions. QS chose the existing methodology while ''THE'' adopted a new one for its ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/qs-ur-asia/ )〕 ''QS World University Rankings'' now comprises the global overall and subject rankings, alongside three independent regional tables (Asia, Latin America, and BRICS) with different methodologies. While it is viewed as one of the most widely read university rankings, criticism of it for giving undue weight to subjective indicators and being commercialized also exists.〔 ==History== The need for an international ranking of universities was highlighted in December 2003 in Richard Lambert's review of university-industry collaboration in Britain〔(Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration )〕 for HM Treasury, the finance ministry of the United Kingdom. Amongst its recommendations were world university rankings, which Lambert said would help the UK to gauge the global standing of its universities. The idea for the rankings was credited in Ben Wildavsky's book, ''The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities are Reshaping the World'',〔Princeton University Press, 2010〕 to then-editor of ''Times Higher Education'' (''THE''), John O'Leary. ''THE'' chose to partner with educational and careers advice company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) to supply the data, appointing Martin Ince,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Martin Ince Communications )〕 formerly deputy editor and later a contractor to ''THE'', to manage the project. Between 2004 and 2009, QS produced the rankings in partnership with ''THE''. In 2009, ''THE'' announced they would produce their own rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, in partnership with Thomson Reuters. ''THE'' cited a weakness in the methodology of the original rankings, as well as a perceived favoritism in the existing methodology for science over the humanities, as one of the key reasons for the decision to split with QS. QS retained the intellectual property in the Rankings and the methodology used to compile them and continues to produce the rankings, now called the QS World University Rankings. ''THE'' created a new methodology with Thomson Reuters, published as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in September 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「QS World University Rankings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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