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University rankings don’t measure what matters

Graduands during the Kabarak university 15th graduation ceremony on December 20,2019. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

International rankings of universities are big business and big news. These systems order universities on the basis of a variety of criteria such as student to staff ratio, income from industry, and reputation as captured through public surveys.

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