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For the past two decades graduates of America’s most selective universities have dominated the Time 100 list. Will that always be the case?
A higher education scholar explains how he came to oversee a set of college rankings meant to take a different tact than the more popular rankings from US News & World Report.
College rankings are set up to make you believe one college is better than another. But a closer look reveals college rankings may be measuring something entirely different.
A political scientist explains how a new commission that wants to measure the economic value of a college degree could end up devaluing the liberal arts.
In order to regain public confidence, universities must take steps to show citizens that investments in higher education are well-spent, an education professor and university professor argue.
Despite good intentions, efforts to hold colleges and universities accountable often miss the mark. The reasons why range from politics to resistance among the institutions themselves.
Obama’s college scorecard could help students be more discerning when choosing colleges. But could it skew information? Will elite colleges rise to the top?
The pursuit to get into the best colleges has taken out the joy of learning from students’ lives.
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Associate Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University
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Associate Professor of Education Policy and Psychology and 21st Century Chair, University of Arkansas
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Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
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Director of Research, Duke University
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Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension
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Professor, Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
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Emeritus Professor of Business, University of Michigan
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Vice President for Enrollment Management, Bentley University
