New direction for college rankings
The Washington Monthly College Guide - First Annual
"Other guides ask what colleges can do for you. We ask what colleges are doing for the country. "
Article from the Washington Post:
Not that they pay attention to rankings or anything, but Princeton and Harvard -- tied for first on U.S. News & World Report's latest "America's Best Colleges" -- will have to scroll down several places to find their names on a new ratings list based on community and national service.
The Washington Monthly, a District-based political magazine that has made a specialty of trashing the U.S. News rankings, plans to put on its http://washingtonmonthly.com/ Web site today its own college guide, with Harvard relegated to No. 16, far below No. 7 Texas A&M, and No. 44 Princeton humiliated by No. 34 Iowa State.
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The Washington Monthly staff in the past has debunked the weighting and categories in the annual U.S. News list, citing a report in 2000 that the weightings lacked any "empirical or theoretical basis." But they have embraced similar statistical complexities, they say, to force higher education in a different direction. In an accompanying article, they say they hope this will encourage colleges to send more students into national and community service, spend more on beneficial research and try harder to enroll and graduate low-income applicants.
"Other guides ask what colleges can do for you. We ask what colleges are doing for the country. "
Article from the Washington Post:
Not that they pay attention to rankings or anything, but Princeton and Harvard -- tied for first on U.S. News & World Report's latest "America's Best Colleges" -- will have to scroll down several places to find their names on a new ratings list based on community and national service.
The Washington Monthly, a District-based political magazine that has made a specialty of trashing the U.S. News rankings, plans to put on its http://washingtonmonthly.com/ Web site today its own college guide, with Harvard relegated to No. 16, far below No. 7 Texas A&M, and No. 44 Princeton humiliated by No. 34 Iowa State.
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The Washington Monthly staff in the past has debunked the weighting and categories in the annual U.S. News list, citing a report in 2000 that the weightings lacked any "empirical or theoretical basis." But they have embraced similar statistical complexities, they say, to force higher education in a different direction. In an accompanying article, they say they hope this will encourage colleges to send more students into national and community service, spend more on beneficial research and try harder to enroll and graduate low-income applicants.
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