..."The Sea Turtle Index doesn’t say which universities are best. But it tries to assess which cities provide the best overall environment for university-level studies. It rates how welcoming a country is – Canada and Australia make it easier for students stay on after graduation, for example. It also takes into consideration job placement services and overall social experience – which includes cultural vibrancy as well as local crime levels. The study has produced some surprising results. Montreal tops the list, followed by London, Hong Kong and Toronto. “Montreal offers the best overall return on an overseas undergraduate education: A mixture of top-quality universities, openness to foreign students and investors, and cultural vibrancy” account for the city’s world-beating score, according to the index’s creators."...
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 03:45:18 +0000
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