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Where the World's Best Universities Are
Despite a flagging economy and supposedly waning global influence, America still comes out on top
With the economy still struggling and Washington mired in political dysfunction, harbingers of American decline are everywhere.
But there is one critical area where the United States holds sway: America is home to nearly one-third of the 400 best research universities in the world, according to the 2011 World University Rankings by Times Higher Education.