大学排行榜时代的“两校互竞现象”

Competition between College Rivalries in the Era of University Ranking

世界已逐渐进入了一个"大学排行榜时代"。大学排行榜利弊兼具,在各行各业竞争都日益激烈的情况下,既然已经进入大学排行榜时代,就不可能退回到过去那种没有排名游戏的宽松办学时代。"两校互竞现象"是指实力和水平相当或接近的两所学校之间的竞争现象,是一个普遍存在于高等学校,尤其是研究型大学中的现象。在大学排行榜时代,研究型大学之间的两校互竞进入白热化阶段,大学排行榜拉大了原来在人们心目中旗鼓相当的大学之间的差距。对大学排行榜不能完全不信,也不可全信,尽信榜则不如无榜。在群雄并起的大学生态中,两校互竞是一个出现概率很大的现象,或许还是一个必然现象。

Our entry into 'an Era of University Ranking' is a double-edged sword.As competition in all walks of life tends to become increasingly fierce today,it is impossible for us to go back to those good old days without university ranking game at all.'College Rivalry' refers to those pairs of colleges and universities,who are close to each other in their academic achievements and overall strength.Competition between those college rivalries could be easily found among higher education institutions,esp.research universities.In the Era of University Ranking,such competition between research university rivalries is to be further intensified,as university rankings actually magnify the seemingly small gap between those pairs.We should not have blind faith in university rankings,nor should we simply dismiss it as nonsense.A blind faith in those rankings is even worse than sheer ignorance of them.Anyhow,competition between college rivalries is a commonplace,or rather inevitable phenomenon in today's university ecosystem.