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4Could you give references or examples for the statement that universities outside the US are actively or passively suppressing cultural diversity? I'm not saying it's not true, I'm just interested. I thought the causation could as well be the other way around: "Because US universities have a high reputation they attract more international students and faculty."– EmilCommented Oct 10, 2015 at 9:43
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1@Emil - I posted an addendum to address the questions you raised in your comment.– MicoCommented Oct 10, 2015 at 14:00
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Regarding your last paragraph, I don't think it's incredible that a combination of factors is responsible for the way the rankings are... Of course if you take a single factor (here: "a prestigious university will attract brilliant researchers and thus rank higher, getting more prestigious") and assume it's responsible for the whole ranking you can easily deduce that it's wrong. But the only thing you have proven is that the single factor is not responsible for the whole ranking, which is not a really interesting conclusion.– user9646Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 7:16
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@NajibIdrissi - Are you critiquing Emil's comment (about a potential reverse causality between rankings and the ability to attract high-quality staff and graduate students) or my response to the comment?– MicoCommented Oct 12, 2015 at 7:30
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Your response to the comment... You say "it doesn't explain how or why European and Asian universities have (finally) managed to rise along the rankings ladder in recent years": so what? It doesn't mean that it wasn't a contributing factor.– user9646Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 7:35
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