Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip

[iemanja]

Source: New York Times

Harvard recently dropped to No. 3 on the ranking. The schools racing up the list are not Harvard’s American peers, but Chinese universities that have been steadily climbing in rankings that emphasize the volume and quality of research they produce.

The reordering comes as the Trump administration has been slashing research funding to American schools that depend heavily on the federal government to pay for scientific endeavors. President Trump’s policies did not start the American universities’ relative decline, which began years ago, but they could accelerate it.

“There is a big shift coming, a bit of a new world order in global dominance of higher education and research,” said Phil Baty, chief global affairs officer for Times Higher Education, a British organization unconnected to The New York Times that produces one of the better-known world rankings of universities.

Educators and experts say the shift is a problem not just for American universities, but also for the nation as a whole.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/harvard-global-ranking-chinese-universities-trump-cuts.html

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[Irish_Dem]

1. America had to be destroyed/damaged to allow other powers to rise to prominence.

China and Russia have long wanted to be the global superpowers.
Their dream is coming true thanks to Trump.

[BeyondGeography]

3. We still kill them in football though

You Ess Ay baby.

[iemanja]

4. Which is, of course, what matters.

[DBoon]

7. Look at Texas high schools

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Everything dip touches it destroys.

Do not shake hands with it, and it is an it.

[LiberalArkie]

6. I read a long article a while back about the Chinese students who come to Standford, Harvard, Yale, and the other BIG

schools in the U.S.

They are not the brightest in China, but come from wealthy families. The top scoring students in the national high school tests go the the top schools in china - free. Those that don't- don't. You can't buy your way into the schools, only grades.
So if a wealthy kid wants to go to a university that have to go to the U.S. and pay to go to the Universities. The top scorers do not come here.