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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]US News changed it’s rankings formula in a way that adversely affected these schools.  [/quote]

USNWR no longer considers class sizes.  Doesn't make sense at all.  Because most educators would consider classes of 25-40 students a much better educational experience than 300+ (as they and parents should)

Ditch the rankings and go by what you know matters.  [/quote]

I am not aware if any college educators believe a college class size of 25-40 makes much of a difference than a class size of say 100...or even more.

How students behave in the class and the quality of the instructor matter far more than the class size.  That is why every report on HS class size will always say that a HS class of 50 well-behaved kids with a great instructor is far better than a class of 15 kids where even 2-3 kids are disruptive and the teacher is average.

Unlike HS, I am not aware of any colleges that will indicate there are discipline problems...I also believe that you have excellent and bad instructors at every college.[/quote]

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