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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tulane's free fall in its rankings have spooked their admissions team, so past will not necessarily be prologue.[/quote]

[b]It is laughable to think one university jumps 20-30 places in the ranking and another falls 20-30 spots in one year when nothing changed at either university. What changed was U.S. News & World Report ranking methodology.[/b]

The rankings now focus on how well schools help students from different backgrounds graduate, rather than traditional metrics like test scores, [b]class size*, [/b]and wealth. They have given increase weight to graduation rates of Pell Grant recipients. If you are not a Pell Grant recipient or student from a disadvantaged background does this type of ranking weighting priority really help you determine which school is a better fit?

Pell Grant will most likely be gone or greatly reduced by next year with the closing of the department of education a Trump administration priority. So next year US New & World Order Report rankings will be radically different with no actual physical, academic, administrative, number of applications, test scores, etc change taking place at the universities and colleges.

* Tulane has small class sizes and professors teach the classes. [/quote]

+100

It’s the reasons UCs do so well in rankings - a large % of low income students.

Does it mean these kids will get a superior education? They may or they may not. But the rankings are not an indicator of quality of education.

I wish people could look beyond them. And I wish colleges wouldn’t chase the rankings, but I understand the economic reasons for doing so. [/quote]

None of this matters as it is clear Tulane is in fact chasing the new rankings, and rest assured once it has chased its way back to a position that people are happy with there will be no more railing at the rankings.

BTW, Tulane's USNews ranking is its HIGHEST ranking of any of the various rankings out there.

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Just stop. Ranking do not matter. It is about demand. [/quote]

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