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Class #9: College Ranks
Background reading
- Read the class handout of the Best Liberal Art Colleges according to U.S. News.
You can find explanations of the ranking methodology on the magazine's
college ranks web page.
In particular, read their explanation of
why they rank colleges
and their own on recommendations for
how to use the rankings. For a dissenting opinion, read the famous
Letter to the Editor of US News from former Stanford University President Gerhard Casper.
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"
The Best, The Top, The Most," by Nicholas Thompson, New York Times, 3 August 2003.
- "
A New College Ranking System, Wanted or Not," by Jacques Steinberg,
New York Times, 8 October 2003.