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"Breaking Ranks" - Alpha - 05-04-2022
A new book critical of USNews and the college ranking industry
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2022/04/11/breaking-ranks-new-book-attacks-us-news
RE: "Breaking Ranks" - LevelUP - 05-04-2022
“Unlike apples and oranges, or refrigerators and cars, college is not simply a short-term consumption activity. It is a long-term investment in human capacity—the ability to do financially, socially, emotionally, and even spiritually rewarding work; to teach oneself and others how to learn, adjust and adapt; to analyze, reason, evaluate and create; to appreciate beauty, ingenuity, order, complexity and subtlety.”
Also, I like to add if we are being real, then students are going to consider the beer pong lifestyle of each school they are considering. That's something not usually in the rankings.
RE: "Breaking Ranks" - jsd - 05-04-2022
https://www.newsweek.com/top-party-schools-america-1619664
RE: "Breaking Ranks" - ReyMysterioso - 05-11-2022
(05-04-2022, 04:03 PM)jsd Wrote: https://www.newsweek.com/top-party-schools-america-1619664
The only ranking that matters right there!
RE: "Breaking Ranks" - Alpha - 07-04-2022
Columbia University withdraws from USNews rankings
Columbia U. Won’t Submit Data to ‘U.S. News’ Rankings After Professor Alleged False Information (chronicle.com)
RE: "Breaking Ranks" - Alpha - 07-08-2022
(07-04-2022, 07:04 PM)Alpha Wrote: Columbia University withdraws from USNews rankings
Columbia U. Won’t Submit Data to ‘U.S. News’ Rankings After Professor Alleged False Information (chronicle.com)
I can't read this whole article but it seems that all parties have shifted into full spin-control mode
After a Professor’s Scrutiny, ‘U.S. News’ Pulls Columbia University’s No. 2 Ranking (chronicle.com)
RE: "Breaking Ranks" - LevelUP - 07-08-2022
Cool, now I can say that TESU ranks higher than Columbia University.
1st University of California, Berkeley, now this. The news keeps getting better!
RE: "Breaking Ranks" - Alpha - 09-11-2022
I guess there's another side to this story
Columbia University Admits Submitting Inaccurate Data For Last Year’s U.S. News Rankings (forbes.com)
RE: "Breaking Ranks" - bjcheung77 - 09-11-2022
Wasn't another school on the hook for doing something similar last year? I think it was Penn, I don't remember... I would look at these rankings but would also compare and see other rankings as well. Hopefully schools don't continue to submit "inaccurate" data just to get a higher ranking...
RE: "Breaking Ranks" - Alpha - 09-12-2022
Perhaps a word of advice is indicated: Don't tangle with the Ivy League
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/12/us-news-college-rankings-2023/