《泰晤士报》的"罗门生"与北大的"对号入座"



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送交者: heru1 于 2005-5-31, 21:52:27:

《泰晤士报》的"罗门生"与北大的"对号入座"


方舟子先生昨天对《泰晤士报》的北大的综合, 理科, 工科全球排名
分别是第十七, 第十一, 第十名, 表示质疑.
带着好奇心, 我google了一下《泰晤士报》, 发现原文只有"Beijing University",
觉得非常奇怪, 用google再检索一下"Beijing University", 发现
并不能索出"Beijing University", 结果列出北邮, 北科, 北航, 之类的学校(见后面的列表)
虽然检索的第一个记录是PKU's Home Page
但点击PKU's Home Page, 通篇找不到北大的英文名的别名是Beijing University.
这就是说,北大对内对外宣传, 发表学术文章, 从不使用"Beijing University"
实际上, 中国并没有"Beijing University", 《泰晤士报》闹了个"罗门生".

再说闵维方, 一个北大的党委书记, 你难道连北大的英文名都不知道吗 ?
作为一个搞教育学的博士, 难道不知道学术数据对评估大学的重要性吗 ?
如果对各种数据库, "Beijing Univ. " 的学术成果都是空白, 那《泰晤士报》的
这种排名有何意义呢 ?
试想一下, 一个国内的三流大学, 都可GOOGLE出一长串来, 你北大还有脸
对号入座"第十七名".

既然北大闵书记把排名看得这么重, 为了挂上全球排名十七,
我建议北大官方发表一段声明, 比如, "从今以后, Peking University 与
Beijing University对外通用". 这样, 也解除了《泰晤士报》的尴尬

附: "Beijing University"的google检索结果(首页):

PKU's Home Page
Information on the institutions, administration, jobs and library services, as
well as university announcements.
www.pku.edu.cn/eindex.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Beijing University of Post and Telecomunications
Includes general and departmental information, with a search facility.
www.bupt.edu.cn/enver/index.asp - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

??????- Beijing University Of Technology - [ Translate this page ]
Degrees in engineering, sciences, management, social sciences and humanities.
Located southeast of Beijing city.
www.bjpu.edu.cn/ - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics - [ Translate this page ]
Features an overview of its departments, labs and institutes. Peruse continuing
and international education programs.
www.buaa.edu.cn/ - 27k - May 29, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

www.bjmu.edu.cn/
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?????? - [ Translate this page ]
The summary for this Chinese (Simplified) page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed
in this language/character set.
www.buct.edu.cn/ - 32k - May 29, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

????????????! - [ Translate this page ]
The summary for this Chinese (Simplified) page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed
in this language/character set.
www.bnu.edu.cn/ - 26k - May 29, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages



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