A heads up to high schoolers (and parents) already looking ahead to college admissions: The latest coveted rankings of the top schools in the country are out today. U.S. News and World Report released its 2019 Best Colleges rankings on Monday, and once again, more than a few New England institutions got high marks. Harvard […]
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Others analyze ‘return on investment.’ But so far the magazine has not used federal data on alumni earnings to sort schools.
Universities increasingly reinforce existing wealth
Too often, rankings have asked America’s college and university leaders to face the tough choice of investing in students from low-income families or weeding them out in a quest for prestige.
The magazine is giving more weight to schools that focus on social mobility.
The U.S. News and World Report Rankings were released Sunday night.
They say the rankings pay lip service to the value of full-time professors but reward institutions that may offer minimal pay to adjuncts.
"A lofty rank perpetuates itself."
Duke was ranked 18th in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, one spot lower than its placement of 17th last year.
A Trinity College professor wondered why the school fell this year on the list. The reason, he found, had to do with Trinity's recent decision not to require the SAT and ACT.
UCLA is No. 2 among American public universities and No. 10 in the world, according to the U.S. News and World Report 2017 Best Global Universities rankings, published today.
New study finds no relationship between scoring high in several rankings and the measures considered by leading survey of student engagement.
Duke fell from no. 11 to no. 17 on Reuters 2018 top 100 list of the world's most innovative universities.
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Methodology is adjusted, but you wouldn't know from those at the top of the lists. Critics say institutions that serve low-income students continue to be devalued.
