Fascinating Study and Ranking of "Most Trusted Universities"

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Anonymous wrote:I write about this a long time ago so it’s interesting to see. A lot of why Harvar dis popular is because it’s old and has brand awareness. Under the hood, it’s not even as good as U of Binghamton or Syracuse in some areas.

Yale produces a lot of terrible people like Ted Cruz. Yay?

Cruz did undergrad at Princeton. Admittedly Yale’s got DeSantis and Kavanaugh to deal with. But not Cruz.

Yale also has Josh Hawley. Harvard has Tom Cotton.

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Anonymous wrote:Brand awareness study. So, we are supposed to believe that Johns Hopkins is the Harvard of the Northeast, and that JHU is the Harvard of the South, and that JHU is the Harvard of the Midwest---yet Harvard's brand awareness is not among the top 5 universities in the Northeast ?

+1 this
When my oldest was not near the age when it was time to actively research and consider colleges, the top 10 on this list would also be the ones I'd come up with as those I trust most. Really, though, I'd have no idea then and even now when asked what exactly is meant by "trust". It would be 100% name recognition.

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Anonymous wrote:Turns out, the trust they’re measuring is political - Dems and Pubs. Read the first box. In that context, they note that religious schools are less polarizing. Essentially, this study is nonsense for understanding academic quality.

Just keep in mind that all these rating posts are about someone trying to promote their school. Typically, they don’t like their school’s ranking in USNWR, so they go fishing for alternative rankings that place their school higher.

This ranking, I agree, is not about educational quality, but more about impressions on groups of people -- namely students, parents, and employers. They were also able to break it down by political affiliation. That doesn't make it a political ranking...it's just one measure to give insight. The key measure here is the ranking by employers as it predicts outcomes. I don't know about you, but I would rather send my kid to a school that employers respect. I wish they had expanded that list to more than the top 5.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brand awareness study. So, we are supposed to believe that Johns Hopkins is the Harvard of the Northeast, and that JHU is the Harvard of the South, and that JHU is the Harvard of the Midwest---yet Harvard's brand awareness is not among the top 5 universities in the Northeast ?

+1 this
When my oldest was not near the age when it was time to actively research and consider colleges, the top 10 on this list would also be the ones I'd come up with as those I trust most. Really, though, I'd have no idea then and even now when asked what exactly is meant by "trust". It would be 100% name recognition.

Name recognition and trust don't always go hand in hand. For example, Donald Trump has strong name recognition. Need I say more?

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Howard #2 most trusted in west region?? Higher than Stanford and UCSD? LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Turns out, the trust they’re measuring is political - Dems and Pubs. Read the first box. In that context, they note that religious schools are less polarizing. Essentially, this study is nonsense for understanding academic quality.

Just keep in mind that all these rating posts are about someone trying to promote their school. Typically, they don’t like their school’s ranking in USNWR, so they go fishing for alternative rankings that place their school higher.

This ranking, I agree, is not about educational quality, but more about impressions on groups of people -- namely students, parents, and employers. They were also able to break it down by political affiliation. That doesn't make it a political ranking...it's just one measure to give insight. The key measure here is the ranking by employers as it predicts outcomes. I don't know about you, but I would rather send my kid to a school that employers respect. I wish they had expanded that list to more than the top 5.

But who are the employers? Wall Street? Top consultancies? Top tech companies?

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Duke #2

Duke just paid out $112 million for research fraud. This is a serious breach. But sounds about right, parents voting their kids' school as #2 most trusted university in the USA.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/duke-university-agrees-pay-us-1125-million-settle-false-claims-act-allegations-related

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Anonymous wrote:Howard #2 most trusted in west region?? Higher than Stanford and UCSD? LOL.

It must be the higher moral qualities of the administration, faculty, and students.

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If you go to the website, the narrative is explicit that they’re calling out the political divide as it relates to notions of trust. The point is made that Democrats tend to trust universities significantly more than Republicans. JHU largely benefits from its reputation in medicine, which many see as less political than the liberal arts. Again, the marginal factor here is not academic excellence, but political perception.

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Anonymous wrote:If you go to the website, the narrative is explicit that they’re calling out the political divide as it relates to notions of trust. The point is made that Democrats tend to trust universities significantly more than Republicans. JHU largely benefits from its reputation in medicine, which many see as less political than the liberal arts. Again, the marginal factor here is not academic excellence, but political perception.

Related to JHU, the report mentions that the school benefited from its COVID coverage. It’s good to know that some Republicans are not COVID deniers.

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UChicago is 108 of 132. Clearly, this report is not about academic excellence or even the perception of it. Instead, this report is about the Right’s decades-old axe-grind that higher education is against it.

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Anonymous wrote:Love the West region's most trusted brands:

Colorado School of Mimes & Howard University. Sure, I believe this.

Maybe there's something to this list after all. For example, if an alum from the Colorado School of Mimes gets caught up in a government sting, they won't say a word.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is 108 of 132. Clearly, this report is not about academic excellence or even the perception of it. Instead, this report is about the Right’s decades-old axe-grind that higher education is against it.

It's just real public perception and not an insider's opinion on schools. Honestly, until my son was a senior in HS applying to schools, I didn't know much of anything about University of Chicago, and I guarantee I am not in the minority. The other schools have the benefit of strong name recognition to begin with. Chicago just doesn't have it and I will add most students aren't particularly attracted to it as a school.

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Anonymous wrote:Howard #2 most trusted in west region?? Higher than Stanford and UCSD? LOL.

It must be the higher moral qualities of the administration, faculty, and students.

LOL x infinity

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SUCH "FASCINATING" BS, OP!