Making policy decisions based on university rankings is not a simple process.
They often suggest, in particular, that the state should concentrate on making policy decisions rather than on delivering services.
As an ordinary Politburo member, Mr Wen has had to defer to others, including Mr Zhu, in making policy decisions.
"A little bit of time to see what's going to happen is useful in making policy decisions," Mr. Bernanke said.
It is up to the league to analyze the information we provide along with other sources of information in making policy decisions".
But if the lesson is learned that averages should not be the sole basis for making policy decisions, it will have been a step in the right direction.
One of the Hatoyama administration's first targets was the bureaucracy's long tradition of writing laws and making policy decisions, which were then rubber-stamped by Liberal Democratic lawmakers.
Mr. Silver revived the tradition, dormant for more than a decade, of making policy decisions through a steering committee of 34 Assembly Democrats.
Although the Women's Tennis Association has been called the vanguard of sports feminism, the L.P.G.A. started the revolution, making policy decisions that defied the times.
When they're making policy decisions, many leaders Obama and Thatcher included get much of the information they rely on from personal briefings and briefing books.
"Those in Washington who are making policy decisions may want to factor in how important this metropolitan area is to the nation," he said.
