The Fickleness of Rankings

 

Business Schools
  Yesterday the respected Financial Times  released its rankings of MBA programs and some Deans are tooting horns, while others are looking at different rankings. The headline reads: "Wharton Tops 2025 FT MBA Ranking Despite Strong European Competition:  The Best MBAs are Holding Their Own Amid Challenges From Alternative Courses and Concerns for the Degree’s Future."
   Canadian schools did not do well, but some at least made the Top 100: 
76 University of Toronto: Rotman Canada 
79 Queen's University: Smith Canada 
86 Western University: Ivey Canada 
94 McGill University: Desautels Canada 
95 University of British Columbia: Sauder Canada 
  The focus locally should be on this article provided recently in the LFP: "New Ranking Give High Marks to Western University's Ivey Business School," Heather Rivers, Feb. 2, 2025. "Western University’s business school is among the best in Canada, according to a new list – and it comes amid what the ranking firm’s top official calls a difficult year for all post-secondary schools across the nation.
CourseCompare rankings are promoted as being primarily “rooted in job readiness,” said chief executive Robert Furtado, who ranks Ivey business school as the No. 1 blended online MBA program in the country." The article also mentions that," Ivey has been ranked No. 1 in Canada by Bloomberg Business Week for nine years.
  The rule of rankings is that they are only touted when one is near the top of them. Although one can use a low ranking to ask for more assistance to get higher, it is generally best to remain silent. That has generally been the case here in London, for there has been little news about this city failing to get into the ranking of "The 100 Most Livable Cities in Canada" ---- twice.
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