The Globe and Mail: Universities boycott Maclean’s rankings
Eleven of Canada’s universities are refusing to participate in the Maclean’s university ranking issue, saying they find the magazine’s survey methodology to be “oversimplified” and “arbitrary.”
In a lettersent yesterday to Maclean’s, the coalition said they will not provide any data to the magazine for its popular, yet controversial, annual fall survey of universities. The letter was signed by the presidents of the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary, the University of Lethbridge, the University of Manitoba, the University of Toronto, McMaster University, the University of Ottawa, the University of Montreal and Dalhousie University.
The Chronicle: A Group of Canadian Universities Says It Will Boycott a Popular Magazine Ranking
A majority of Canadian research universities have told Maclean’s magazine that they are no longer taking part in the publication’s annual ranking of universities. But the magazine said it would go on publishing the rankings regardless.
A letter signed by 11 university presidents was sent to the magazine Monday, citing what the presidents said were problems with the magazine’s ranking methodology. The letter also complained that the magazine had failed to address the presidents’ concerns over several years.
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