專八作文易考范文背誦27：大學排名的合法性
每年公布的大學排名吸引了許多人的關注。
Those people include reporters, college administrators and faculty, alumni, parents,
包括記者、大學管理者、教職員、學生、父母
and high school students.
以及高中生。
Together with other popular guidebooks,
再加上其他的指導書
college rankings feature data on the overall universities and colleges in China.
大學排名反映了中國大學的整體水平。
Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet once stated that
莎士比亞的戲劇“羅密歐與朱麗葉”中說
what is in a name?
名字包含了什么?
That which we call a rose.
我們管它叫做玫瑰。
By any other name would smell as sweet. "
其他名字聞起來也一定是甜美的。"
We can ask a similar question over the college rankings:
我們想問一問：
what is in a number?
數(shù)字里面包含了什么?
Some scholars warn that college rankings use objective measures to evaluate subjective considerations
許多學者認為大學排名是一種衡量大學水平的客觀途徑
so that they can only tell a prospective college student a limited amount.
所以它的排名很片面。
In my opinion,
我認為
we should take several rankings into consideration to evaluate a specific colleges place in the ranking,
我們應該綜合考慮這樣才能評估大學的真正排名
instead of only relying on one ranking.
而不是只關注于排名。
Firstly,to decide whether college rankings give a college a fair shake,
首先大學排名是否公平
it is crucial to look at the methodology of the ranking system.
如何做出的大學排名是非常重要的。
While one system may conclude peer assessment
一種測量系統(tǒng)僅僅包含了評估、
retention rate, faculty resources, student selectivity, and financial resources,
經濟實力、師資力量、學生成績、保留率方面的考慮
another system may lay its emphasis on the number of famous alumni,
其他測量系統(tǒng)或許會更加重視著名校友的數(shù)量
the student evaluation of professors and the evaluation of college students.
老師對學生的評估以及學生的評估。
Accordingly, the same university may rank top in one publication of one ranking system,
根據(jù)有關數(shù)據(jù)表明同一所大學有可能總排在第一名
but be reduced to the average university category in another ranking system.
但是換一種測量系統(tǒng)之后這所大學有可能會成為一所排名中等的大學。
Generally speaking,based on the same criteria,
總體來講根據(jù)同一種準則
the rankings can objectively reflect the strength of a certain university,
排名可以客觀地反映出某大學的實力
but it can not tell the whole story of a college.
但是卻不能反映大學水平的全部。
Besides, many universities are characterized by their unique disciplines.
此外許多大學有其特有的準則
We can not simply reach conclusion
我們不能僅僅推斷出
that a music and drama university is worse than a technological university
一所音樂或戲劇學院就比工業(yè)學校要差
according to their places in the ranking system.
這要根據(jù)不同的排名系統(tǒng)而定。
Secondly, college rankings are likely to be manipulated,
第二大學排名很有可能是人為控制的
which inevitably reduces their authority and trustability.
這將不可避免地將減少它的權威性和可信性。
As a president from a famous university revealed,
一位知名大學的教授稱
one college ranking compiling organization once visited him and insinuated that
一位專門負責大學排名的機構曾經暗示他說
if the president agreed to sponsor their organization,
如果您同意支持他們的組織
they could put the college in higher places of ranking.
那么該組織將提高該學校的排名。
According to some news report,
根據(jù)一些新聞報道
this phenomenon is not rare.
這樣的現(xiàn)象并不罕見。
Many universities have been invited to corporatewith some ranking compiling organizations.
許多排名機構都曾經邀請過許多大學老師。
Can we still believe that college rankings reflect the strength of some universities
我們還能相信大學排名真正能夠反映大學的實力嗎?
when some universities sponsor the compiling in exchange of higher places in the ranking?
?特別是某些排名機構以換取支持而抬高排名為由的排名嗎?
In a word, college rankings, an important means to evaluate universities,
總之大學排名是評價大學的重要手段
are based on different methodologies.
而這樣的排名是根據(jù)不同的測量方法而定的。
As one methodology only focuses on certain aspects of higher learning,
某一種排名只側重了高等教育的某一方面
we have to consult with several ranking systems
我們不得不與各個排名系統(tǒng)相比較
and then we can find out the whole story of a university.
之后我們才能了解大學的真正實力。
We should also be cautious about the manipulation behind the scenes.
同時我們也應該小心這一現(xiàn)象背后的人為原因。
