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The Problem with Our College Ranking System

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The top 25 universities in one popular ranking serve only 1% of the undergraduate students enrolled in the more than 4,000 postsecondary institutions. This means that because the inner workings of higher education are opaque, families and students are left to evaluate our merit based only on brand and “expert” rankings.

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Rankled by Rankings

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Rankled by Rankings Liam Knox Fri, 09/22/2023 - 03:00 AM Shifts in methodology scrambled the usual hierarchy of U.S. News’s annual college rankings, prompting a fierce backlash from some higher ed leaders. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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World Reputation Rankings 2023: Results Announced

Confessions of a Community College Dean

World Reputation Rankings 2023: Results Announced Marjorie Valbrun Fri, 02/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Times Higher Education’s annual analysis of the top 200 universities in the world by reputation. Byline(s) Tiya Thomas-Alexander for Times Higher Education

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Making Sense of Changes to the U.S. News Rankings Methodology

Robert Kelchen

Standard disclaimer: I have been the data editor for Washington Monthly’s rankings since 2012. College rankings season officially concluded today with the release of the newest year of rankings from U.S. When I see a set of college rankings, I don’t even look at the position of individual colleges. (To More on this below.)

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2024 Maclean’s University Rankings: Undergraduate Schools

Study and Go Abroad

Find out what universities that are primarily focused on undergrad education have ranked in the top 20 for 2024. In either case, it’s always good to know where universities rank in comparison to one another, especially for your undergraduate degree. Check out Maclean’s University Rankings 2024: Methodology for more information.

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What is Next for College Rankings?

Robert Kelchen

It’s safe to say that leaders in higher education typically have a love/hate relationship with college rankings. Yet, outside of a small number of liberal arts colleges , few institutions have made the choice not to cooperate with the 800-pound gorilla in the college rankings industry– U.S. News and World Report.

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Open University Ranking System?

Higher Education Whisperer

Cameron Neylon, Curtin UniversityGreetings from the Future Campus webinar on the CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition. This claims to be an open verifiable way to rank universities. It is an advance on the ranking systems produced by publishers, in that you can look at the data, and use it to come up with your own custom ranking system.

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