The California Institute of Technology, a private institution with just 2, 200 students, takes the number one slot again this year on the ninth annual list of World University Rankings, put out by Times Higher Education, a London magazine that tracks the higher education market.

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Bethan Marshall, a senior lecturer in English education at King's College London told the magazine the literary merit of picture books was often underestimated, comparing The Very Hungry Caterpillar favourably with another literary hit, Yann Martel's Life of Pi.

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Britain's Times Higher Education magazine puts Peking University 50th and only six Chinese institutions in the top 200.

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Lisa Snell is an education policy analyst at the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation, a national research organization, which also publishes Reason Magazine.

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