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[quote=Anonymous]Because they include peer opinions, one would hope that people in the education business might have a better clue than the general public as to why they respect their peer institutions.
I would say that Harvard is the most generally known but it strikes me as correct that peer assessment recognizes that Princeton with it's smaller class sizes and grading policies deserves the number one spot for quality of undergraduate.  I think that generally people also get undergraduate quality really confused with graduate reputations.  BTW - Nobody in my family has been to either school.

Prestige is likely most relevant to ease the path for career and graduate school opportunities. It's so subjective and school reputations can work for or against an individual depending on the circumstances.  I do believe however that the top 10-20 schools can confer a degree of screening that employers seek dependent on the industry, especially their HR departments.  For example, a degree from Cornell's hotel program means HR will answer your call.  It's also important in industries that want to present gold stamped resumes to potential clients e.g. ...law, banking, consulting.

Bottom line is that for examples above, the US news rankings is widely followed.  One can denigrate it for many reasons, some accurate, but to what purpose?  It's like saying one doesn't believe in Consumer Reports but you would be in the minority so why bother.  One doesn't have it buy into using it or perceived prestige for personal decisions.  [/quote]

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