September 7, 2009
Reward Colleges Not for Rankings but for Social Responsibility
American institutions of higher education have long been driven by an aspiration to move up the prestige hierarchy, in what David Riesman called a "snakelike procession." Ranking systems such as U.S. News & World Report's have recently intensified this status-seeking; the education-reformer Lloyd Thacker has said institutions are "driving under the influence."
They are driving toward higher costs, larger shares of money spent on noneducational matters, smaller shares on
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