University rankings and underemployment are illusions


IN response to the letter “Ranking is not a clear indicator of university’s quality” published on June 16 (The Star, online at bit.ly/star_ranking), I would like to share my experience as a postgraduate student in a public university here.

After working for 10 years, I decided to take a sabbatical and returned from overseas to be close to home. Knowing that this public university had recently achieved new heights in world rankings, I gave it a try. Lo and behold, the quality of its lecturers is astonishing – not in a good way.

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