Queen’s is among at least 22 schools to pull out of Maclean’s magazine’s university ranking issue.
“In recent years, there has been considerable concern in the University community about the methodology used by Maclean’s in their ranking of Canadian universities,” Principal Karen Hitchcock said in a statement released Aug. 23.
Eleven university presidents sent a letter to Tony Keller, Maclean’s special projects managing editor, announcing their intention to withdraw from the survey.
In the letter, sent on Aug. 14, the universities expressed reservations regarding the survey’s methodology.Continue...