Brussels, 12/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has launched a call for tenders for the design and testing of a new multi-dimensional university ranking system (i.e. one that covers the various missions of institutions, such as education, research, innovation, internationalisation and community outreach with global outreach). This initiative builds on earlier EU-funded work on mapping the different strengths and missions of universities and responds to the wishes of the French...