College Rankings: Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water

By Ryan Craig - EvoLLLution. It has become fashionable in recent years to slam the college rankings racket. The U.S. News and 14 other rankings currently active in the U.S. have historically ranked higher education institutions based almost entirely on easy-to-measure inputs like student selectivity, faculty resources, spending per student and library holdings. More...