The Editors

Each of our three categories includes several components.We determined the Community Service score by measuring each school’s performance in three different areas: the percentage of its students enrolled in the Army and Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps; the percentage of its alumni who are currently serving in the Peace Corps; and the percentage of its […]

Each of our three categories includes several components.We determined the Community Service score by measuring each school’s performance in three different areas: the percentage of its students enrolled in the Army and Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps; the percentage of its alumni who are currently serving in the Peace Corps; and the percentage of its […]

Well, it’s certainly different. U.S. News aims to provide readers with a yardstick by which to judge the “best” schools, ranked according to academic excellence. Now, we happen to think U.S. News and similar guides do a lousy job of actually measuring academic excellence (see “Is Our Students Learning?“). But the aim of such guides […]

Well, it’s certainly different. U.S. News aims to provide readers with a yardstick by which to judge the “best” schools, ranked according to academic excellence. Now, we happen to think U.S. News and similar guides do a lousy job of actually measuring academic excellence (see “Is Our Students Learning?“). But the aim of such guides […]

There’s a good reason for the American fixation with rankingsif done correctly, they can help tell us what’s working and what’s not. Of course universities ought to be judged. The key is judging the right things. All of the existing college rankings have the same aimto help overwhelmed parents and students sift through the thousands […]

There’s a good reason for the American fixation with rankingsif done correctly, they can help tell us what’s working and what’s not. Of course universities ought to be judged. The key is judging the right things. All of the existing college rankings have the same aimto help overwhelmed parents and students sift through the thousands […]

There’s a good reason for the American fixation with rankingsif done correctly, they can help tell us what’s working and what’s not. Of course universities ought to be judged. The key is judging the right things. All of the existing college rankings have the same aimto help overwhelmed parents and students sift through the thousands […]

The Social Mobility score was a little more complicated. We had data that told us the percentage of a school’s students on Pell Grants, which is a good measure of a school’s commitment to educating lower-income kids. But we wanted to know how many of these students graduate, and, unfortunately, schools aren’t required to track […]

Tom DeLay (R-Texas) Currently under investigation for accepting gifts and paid vacations from lobbyists and foreign interests, as well as engineering a political money-laundering scheme in which corporate contributions were illegally funneled to Texas Republican candidates. Received three separate admonishments from the House Ethics Committee for bribing a House Republican for a vote, using Homeland […]