With the proliferation of new college rankings, it can be difficult to understand how they can inform student decisions about college. While income-oriented approaches may provide helpful information, they also often don’t have perfectly reliable data sources. It is important to understand that a student’s commitment, curiosity, and daring are impossible to factor into college rankings.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/opinion/sunday/how-to-make-sense-of-college-rankings.html?_r=1
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