The Philosophical Gourmet Report, also known as the Leiter Report or PGR, is a ranking of graduate programs in philosophy in the English-speaking world. It was founded by philosophy and law professor Brian Leiter and is now edited by philosophy professors Berit Brogaard and Christopher Pynes."The Philosophical Gourmet Report 2014-15"
History 20th century The Gourmet Report ranking was created in response to the Gourman Report, and is based on a survey of philosophers who are nominated as evaluators by the report's advisory board. Its purpose is to provide guidance to prospective PhD students, particularly those students who intend to pursue a professional career in academic philosophy. The report first appeared on the web in 1996; it is currently published and distributed by Blackwell.
In 1989, while he was a graduate student, Leiter made a subjective list of what he believed to be the top 25 graduate philosophy programs in the United States, which came to be the PGR.
21st century PGR was described by David L. Kirp in a 2003 New York Times op-ed as "the bible for prospective [philosophy] graduate students." Carlin Romano, in America the Philosophical (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013), referred to the PGR rankings as "often-criticized" and "biased towards mainstream analytic departments".
In 2002, 175 philosophers signed an open letter calling on Leiter to stop producing the PGR. In fall 2014, over 600 philosophers signed a petition to boycott the PGR. The petition was organized by some philosophers at the University of British Columbia to protest what they called a "derogatory and intimidating" e-mail sent by Leiter to one of their colleagues. Leiter claimed the recipient had threatened him. Twenty-four of the 56 members of the advisory board of the PGR recommended he relinquish control over the report's management. In response, Leiter appointed Berit Brogaard, a philosophy professor at the University of Miami, as co-editor for the 2014 report and agreed to step down as editor of subsequent editions. Leiter subsequently appointed Christopher Pynes of Western Illinois University as co-editor of future editions.
2021-22 global rankings (Top 25) Rank (2021–22) School Country1New York UniversityNew York City, U.S.2Oxford UniversityOxford, UK3Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.4Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey, U.S.5University of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.6University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan, U.S.6Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut, U.S.8University of TorontoToronto, Ontario, Canada9Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.9MITCambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.9University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, California, U.S.9UCLALos Angeles, California, U.S.9USCLos Angeles, California, U.S.14Graduate Center, CUNYNew York City, U.S.14Columbia UniversityNew York City, U.S.14Stanford UniversityStanford, California, U.S.14University of North Carolina, Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.14University of Notre DameSouth Bend, Indiana, U.S.19University of Texas, AustinAustin, Texas, U.S.20Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island, U.S.20University of CambridgeCambridge, UK22Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York, U.S.22University of California, San DiegoSan Diego, California, U.S.22University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois, U.S.25Australian National UniversityCanberra, Australia25University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona, U.S.25University of Wisconsin, MadisonMadison, Wisconsin, U.S.
See also College and university rankings
References
External links Official website