September 29, 2006

Researcher Proposes Basing College Rankings on Students' Success

By ERIC HOOVER

Colleges and universities have the raw materials with which to build a better rankings system, but many institutions do not want to abandon the current model. As a result, commercial guides to colleges continue to thrive, even though they provide little useful information to students.

So concludes a new report on college rankings by Education Sector, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington. The report, "College Rankings Reformed: The Case for a New Order in Higher Education," calls

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