University intakes - Education must mean employability

Questions are inevitably asked about ranking systems.

If a college or university is dropping in the international rankings, should serious questions be asked?

For instance, Trinity College Dublin has dropped from around 50th place to 65th in the latest ranking of the QS Stars programme, which is a system that evaluates universities using a broad set of criteria, such as faculty-student radio, student performance on standardised examination, and quality of research output.