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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

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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.[/quote]

But who are the employers? Wall Street? Top consultancies? Top tech companies? [/quote]

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