Case Studies of University Funds Source Structure Impact on University Rankings in U.S.

摘要

This article, by adopting two indicators based on evaluation index system named U.S. News And World Report in the "financial position" and "the proportion of alumni donations" and selecting two universities empirical study, finds that there is a linear correlation between U.S. total funds amount for university funds and university rankings; the difference of the university funds source structure has led to the different university rankings.