The Washington Monthly’s Annual College Guide
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… Read more »
The Washington Monthly’s 2005 College Guide
Other guides ask what colleges can do for you. We ask what colleges are doing for the country.
The Washington Monthly College Guide
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… Read more »
The Washington Monthly College Guide
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… Read more »
The Washington Monthly College Guide
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… Read more »
