College and university rankings

• In the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2024, for instance, South Africa’s University of Cape Town is top for the continent, at 167th place.
• It is followed by three other South African institutions: Stellenbosch University and the University of the Witwatersrand, which sit between 301 and 350, and the University of Johannesburg between 401 and 500.
• The first sub-Saharan non-South African institution, Ghana’s University of Cape Coast, is in the group 601-800.
• Several institutions, such as the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, have even withdrawn their participation from some rankings.
• Responding to the challenge of sustainable development is an especially pressing concern for African universities.

A mandate and a mission

• Many African economies have grown rapidly in recent times, but sustainable development challenges remain.
• Conflict over resources and the effects of climate change are also major challenges.
• So it is very welcome that several African universities place well in some of these new impact rankings.
• Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), meanwhile, scores top for its contribution to SDG 4 (Quality Education).

Filling the gaps

• Research on the roles of universities in their communities, including and beyond teaching and research, has focused on the global north.
• This relatively limited attention may reflect wider inequalities in global knowledge production, and negative perceptions of the work African universities do.
• We want to address these gaps.
• We will use a social innovation perspective to investigate how African universities are contributing to achieving the UN SDGs.

• The research will be pursued in collaboration with the WUN Global Higher Education and Research (GHEAR) network which also provided funding for the project and all authors.
• Nothing to disclose.

• A total of 99 universities from the mainland China are listed in the 2023 World University Rankings by subject, ranking third in the world, after the US (226) and the UK (109).
• Twenty-one universities from the mainland China are ranked among the world's top 50 in 123 subjects, according to QS, an international higher education research institute.
• Among them, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked top three in the world's top 50 disciplines, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked top 50 in 12 disciplines.
• The QS World University Rankings by Subject are compiled annually to help prospective students identify the leading universities in a particular subject.

• NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The City College of New York (CCNY")and Carver Federal Savings Bank ("Carver"), a certified Minority Depository Institution ("MDI"), celebrated the launch of the Bank's first campus ATM with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 18, 2022.
• "Carver Federal Savings Bank is a historic institution and a contemporary force for community development in Harlem and beyond,"said CCNY President Vincent Boudreau .
• The ATM that we inaugurated is a tangible symbol of that partnership, and an important contribution to our banking infrastructure on campus."
• Carver Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARV ) is the holding company for Carver Federal Savings Bank, a federally chartered stock savings bank.

• The City College of New York (CCNY) Student-led start-up Carella has taken top spot at Standard Chartered Americas (Bank) 2022 Women in Tech (WiT) Incubator Competition.
• This year marks the eighth anniversary of the Banks partnership with the Zahn Center at CCNY.
• We are incredibly grateful to the Zahn Center staff and Standard Chartered for the support, resources, and opportunities they have provided us."
• Formed in October 2014, the Standard Chartered Women in Tech Incubator program is an initiative that aims to support greater diversity in gender representation within the technology sector.