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Thursday, January 15, 2026

A global realignment in higher education is underway, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026. While the University of Oxford holds the top position for the 10th consecutive year, the data reveal a shifting balance of academic power: US institutions are slipping, even as leading universities across Asia continue to climb.

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In total, seven US universities remain in the top ten: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2), Princeton University (tied for 3), Harvard University (tied for 5), Stanford University (tied for 5), the California Institute of Technology (7), the University of California, Berkeley (9), and Yale University (10). Yet the US. now has only 35 institutions in the top 100, down from 38 last year, and 102 in the top 500, its lowest total on record. Twenty-five American universities, including the University of Chicago (15th), Columbia University (20th), and Duke University (28th), reached their lowest positions ever.

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Moreover, fewer international students are enrolling at US colleges, which could cost the country $1 billion. American students, sick and tired of exorbitant tuition costs, political censorship, and campus shootings, are seeking higher education overseas. Last year several US colleges were forced to close down and the nefarious Trumpf junta is ravenously collecting on outstanding student debts. The junta plans on dismantling the Department of Education as well. Dummkopf Trumpf and the Republican Party "War on Education" is accelerating America's decline while boosting China and other countries.

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American Students Fleeing Trumpf junta

Dummkopf Trumpf Costing US Economy Dearly


#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-15 08:00 AM | Reply

The cost of white supremacy.

#2 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-15 08:48 AM | Reply

The cost of white supremacy.

#2 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-15 08:48 AM : FLAG: Yes indeed.

"The South shall rise again!"

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-15 08:50 AM | Reply

Isn't it MAGA policy that US schools should and ought to slip in rankings?

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-15 09:27 AM | Reply

MAGA has been anti-achievement since the start. Their motive has been to bring American society DOWN to their level rather than try to improve themselves.

It's a combination of cultural laziness and resentment that the nerd next door actually ended up getting the girl and the money.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-15 09:29 AM | Reply

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