{"70969":{"#nid":"70969","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Improves World Ranking","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology ranks 24th among the top 200 universities\nrecognized in the Times Higher Education Magazine\u2019s 2011-2012 World University\nRankings.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech moved up from 27th last year and was the\ntop-ranked public university from the southern United States. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nTimes Higher Education, a British publication, used a new methodology for its\n2011-2012 World University Rankings. It was developed after consultation with\n50 sector leaders, the publication\u2019s editorial board and website\nfeedback.\u0026nbsp;The new methodology, with data supplied by Thomson Reuters,\nplaces less importance on reputation and heritage than in previous years and\ngives more weight to hard measures of excellence in all three core elements of\na university\u2019s mission \u2013 research, teaching and knowledge transfer.\u0026nbsp;It is\nalso the only global ranking system that includes a section dedicated to the\nteaching and learning environment, including the first-ever global survey of\ninstitutions\u2019 teaching reputations. In all, the ranking system includes 13 separate\nperformance indicators across five broad categories:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETeaching\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 the learning environment (worth\n     30 percent of the overall ranking score)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 volume, income and reputation\n     (worth 30 percent)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECitations\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 research influence (worth 30\n     percent)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIndustry income\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 innovation (worth 2.5 percent)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInternational outlook\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 staff, student and research\n     (worth 7.5 percent).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech ranks 24th by Times Higher Education Magazine\u2019s 2011-2012 World University Rankings."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology ranks 24th among the top 200 universities\nrecognized in the Times Higher Education Magazine\u2019s 2011-2012 World University\nRankings.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech ranks 24th by Times Higher Education Magazine\u2019s 2011-2012 World University Rankings."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2011-10-06 15:41:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:26","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64551":{"id":"64551","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449176753","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:53","changed":"1475894567","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:47","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"192015","name":"trm01837.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trm01837_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trm01837_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5836,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/trm01837_0.jpg?itok=lXUqlF6l"}}},"media_ids":["64551"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2011-2012\/top-400.html","title":"Times Higher Education Magazine\u2019s 2011-2012 World University Rankings"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}