University rankings: a need for critical reflection - consider local need, political and society requirement and stability of the country. We do not want our local experts run away because cannot meet the ranking requirement and finally we do not serve our society and country. We are the world but we are not leading the world!!!

NUS and Nanyang Technological University’s rise in the rankings represents a potential reconfiguration of soft power in global terms. Singapore’s intellectuals within the universities have often looked elsewhere for inspiration: to the United Kingdom, China or the United States. In the future, Asia’s economic rise may result in a welcome redistribution of intellectual capital, with Asia resuming its position as a world centre of learning and Singapore serving as a key regional hub. - See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/university-rankings-a-need-for-critical-reflection-philip-holden#sthash.WfJRAGVs.dpuf