Group Endorses Principles for Ranking Universities

An international group of educators, higher-education experts, and publishers that met in Berlin last month has come up with a set of principles for ranking colleges and universities.

The 16 principles of good practice, dubbed the "Berlin Principles on Ranking of Higher Education Institutions," are a response to the explosion of college rankings in many countries since U.S. News & World Report published the first such listings in 1983.

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