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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]"When are we going to finally reject the often preposterous, and immensely harmful, college arms race perpetuated by US News Best College ? "[/b]

Who's "we"?  Go ahead, you first.[/quote]

[b]Obviously just like one person cannot mitigate the pandemic by themselves, one person cannot change the group think about obsessing over US News college rankings that is driving up tuition costs for all students and has misplaced focus on self perpetuating college reputations.[/b][/quote]

sorry, but I think any reasonable person does look at the rankings.  The USNWR ranking definitely has its flaws but I want my kid to go somewhere in the top 30 or so.  If they don't get in, it's not the end of the world obviously, but a lot more doors open when you graduate from one of the better name schools.[/quote]

You are no doubt right (I also want my children to do well in life like everyone else) -/ but the obsession with US News rankings is not healthy and is harming the younger generation - college attendance rates are declining and tuition rates are soaring [b]… SMI and other experts link this in large part to huge costs incurred by colleges to drive up applications even among students with no chance of being admitted and drive down admission rates. At the same time, many classes are taught by poorly paid and overworked adjuncts. Way too much money spent in n marketing and way too little on teaching. [/b]
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yeah, but that's just a general criticism of the higher education business today.  That's due mostly to feckless administrators, don't blame USNWR[/quote]

[b]Did you read the social mobility index post? - they are inextricably linked. Not blaming the US News ranking for the college reputation arms race is like saying don’t blame the kitchen staff for the food being served up …[/b]
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what arms race?  The positions of the top 25 -30 schools haven't changed that much over the years and we all know these ratings are about right. As for social mobility did you know that blacks are actually over-represented at Harvard? [/quote]

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