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The American public has been inundated with college ranking lists from many sources. Both the Princeton Review and U.S. News and World Report have published lists of the best colleges based on a variety of criteria. Sierra magazine ranked colleges on the basis of environmental considerations. And for the first time, U.S. News is charging colleges for posting ratings on their web sites. Two important factors should influence parents and students responding to these ratings: most rankings are based on subjective surveys that generally fail to convey the full portrait of a college or university and motivated students will succeed at any institution, enabling them to qualify favorably for post-graduate programs.

Does the “Cool” Ranking Really Matter?

Scott Carlson, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 18, 2010), looks at why Stanford University did not rank higher on the Sierra magazine’s “Cool Schools” list. In reviewing Sierra’s methodology, Carlson concludes that the calculations used might be flawed. Carlson’s concerns, however, can be applied to other rankings.

Media outlets, including CBS News, report that some college presidents are boycotting the rankings. U.S. News rankings include, in part, SAT scores, faculty retention, and graduation rates. But some highly considered colleges, like Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC, have stopped requiring SAT scores. The SAT itself has come under heavy criticism in past years even after introducing a writing component.

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