US News College Rankings

'News' You Can Lose

José Cruz | Posted 11.21.2011

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This "celebritization" of higher education may have earned U.S. News a handsome profit over the years, but it says little about how well these institutions actually perform their primary charge: educating students.

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Are College Rankings Out of Step with America's Future?

Nancy Cantor | Posted 11.20.2011

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At the very moment when voices are being raised all across our country to ensure our national competitiveness by educating the broadest, most diverse population we've ever had, U.S. News rewards institutions for the number of students whom they can reject.

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The Best Value Colleges: U.S. News And World Report

Posted 11.15.2011

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Is your school worth its price tag? Besides ranking universities and liberal arts schools by their overall luster, U.S. News and World Report also ...

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Want a Cheaper, Better College Experience? Stop the Rankings and Let Go of Tradition

Jeff Selingo | Posted 11.13.2011

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The annual college rankings from U.S. News & World Report were released Tuesday, and you'll find plenty of news coverage and commentary about the influence (or hype) of this annual guide.

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The Top Universities In America: U.S. News And World Report

The Huffington Post/U.S. News & World Report | Brian Burnsed | Posted 11.13.2011

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Princeton University tied Harvard University as the top-ranked National University in U.S. News & World Report's 2012 rankings of Best Colleges. Last ...

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Stop and Smell the Roses

Steve Nelson | Posted 11.08.2011

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The national delirium over accountability and standardized measures is threatening the full, rich, human development of a generation of children.

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Unigo Expert Network: How Important Are College Rankings?

Unigo | Posted 05.25.2011

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The college search process should begin with what's important to you. Develop your own set of criteria and use that as a basis to evaluate the relevance of the many college rankings that are out there today.

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Caltech vs. Vince Lombardi

Ben Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the first time in the last 26 years, Caltech won a conference basketball game. A record 310-game losing streak -- longest ever in the United States by any sports team -- was broken.

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Which College Rankings Set Should You Use?

Danielle Wiener-Bronner | Posted 05.25.2011

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College rankings are out -- and in such great numbers that it's hard to know where to start. To help with this daunting task, here are a few prominent...

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How the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings Are Destroying Higher Education

Bob Samuels | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even if every school criticizes the validity of the U.S. News & World Report college rating system, these institutions still spend a great deal of money and time on trying to raise their rankings

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Washington Monthly College Rankings: Which Schools Came Out On Top?

Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington Monthly seeks to provide an alternative to the barrage of fairly homogeneous college rankings that are released every August. To do so, the...

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Colleges That Graduate Students Deep in Debt

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Students would be well-advised to look not just as the flashy top 50 lists of best colleges and universities, but also to scrutinize the less sexy but equally or more important list of average student debt-load.

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U.S. News And World Report's BEST Liberal Arts Colleges 2011 (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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To determine which schools would place on its 2011 list of best liberal arts colleges, U.S. News and World Report analyzed 266 schools for reputation,...

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Do College Rankings Mean Anything? Bloggers Weigh In

Posted 05.25.2011

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Forbes does them. So does the Princeton Review. Washington Monthly is in on the game. And, of course, there's the granddaddy of them all: U.S. News an...

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U.S. News College Rankings: Harvard Regains Top Spot For 2010

AP/Huffington Post | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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**SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS** Harvard pulled ahead of Ivy League rival Princeton in the latest edition of the influential U.S. News & World Report uni...

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Colleges Rebel Against U.S. News Rankings

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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A handful of college presidents are declining to participate in the rituals associated with the annual U.S. News and World Report college rankings, Th...

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Law Teachers Society Tries to Start Boycott of U.S. News Law School Rankings

usnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) recently issued a statement urging law school deans and faculty members to work with the American Bar Ass...

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Michigan State University: Serious Student Complaints = Spam

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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We all hate spam, but censors, especially ones on college campuses, are remarkably good at bundling protected speech with speech that does not enjoy constitutional protection.

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Brandeis University Called Out for Free Speech Abuses in Its Student Newspaper

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Hindley case, the university's bungled decision to close down the Rose Art Museum, and various other abuses of student and faculty rights have continued to embarrass Brandeis University.

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Free-Speech Organization Launches Ad Campaign Warning Colleges That Violate Students' Rights

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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The ad focuses on the almost unbelievable tale of Keith John Sampson, a student at a college in Indiana who was punished simply for sitting at a table and quietly reading a book.

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Alternate College Rankings

Tasha Gordon-Solmon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fretting about college? Here are three schools that offer world-class educations, but have significantly decreased in popularity in the last decade.

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The Truth About College Rankings: Who is Really #1?

Kat Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011

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There is no real "top 50 colleges": this zero-sum game of rankings renders meaningless. Students must examine a college's philosophy, environment, and academic offerings themselves.

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Why U.S. News Hasn't Ranked 'America's Best Green Colleges'—Yet

Maura Judkis | Posted 05.25.2011

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We didn't do any green rankings this year because our rankings are complicated, and we want to make sure any ranking is done well.

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US News May Significantly Alter College Ranking Process

Inside Higher Education | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. News & World Report may be on the verge of significant changes in its methodology. The magazine has sent out surveys to 1,600 high school ...

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