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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The ranking is flawed. For STEM awards, they divide the number of awards by the number of alumni. Caltech obviously gets a boost because everyone is on STEM field, whereas for the other schools that's not true. A more meaningful ranking would divide the number of STEM awards by the number of STEM graduates and not by the number of total graduates.[/quote] There are a LOT bigger problems with the rankings than just this. The knowledge that goes into getting a nobel prize or any kind of award, let alone even being a coauthor on a run-of-the-mill research paper, is attributable to the DOCTORAL INSTITUTION, not the UNDERGRAD institution. No quality research comes out of liberal arts schools so this ranking is immediately not even passing the basic sniff test.[/quote]
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